Child Care In Black And White

Download or read book Child Care in Black and White written by Jessie B. Ramey and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative study examines the development of institutional childcare from 1878 to 1929, based on a comparison of two "sister" orphanages in Pittsburgh: the all-white United Presbyterian Orphan's Home and the all-black Home for Colored Children. Drawing on quantitative analysis of the records of more than 1,500 children living at the two orphanages, as well as census data, city logs, and contemporary social science surveys, this study raises new questions about the role of childcare in constructing and perpetrating social inequality in the United States.