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maternalism: a standalone construct

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politics that justified women's public action and early welfare programs by appeal to motherhood and the needs of mothers and children.

In history, maternalism refers to politics that justified women's public action and early welfare programs by appeal to motherhood and the needs of mothers and children. This meaning comes from Koven (1990) in The American Historical Review.[1]

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References

Koven, S., & Michel, S. (1990). Womanly Duties: Maternalist Politics and the Origins of Welfare States in France, Germany, Great Britain, and the United States, 1880-1920. The American Historical Review, 95(4), 1076. https://doi.org/10.2307/2163479

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