Children's interests / mothers' rights : the shaping of America's child care policy / Sonya Michel.

New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, [1999], ©1999.

xii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Child care and social citizenship for women -- The multiple origins of American child care -- The road not taken : a turning point in policies toward wage-earning mothers -- Studied neglect : Federal inaction in the 1920s -- Uncle Sam's cradles : New Deal and wartime policies -- Should mothers work? prescriptions and practices in the postwar era -- Making an issue of child care -- A divided constituency -- American child care in comparative perspective.

Includes bibliography and index.