Women Volunteering: The Pleasure, Pain, and Politics of Unpaid Work from 1830 to the Present 0385184239, 9780385184236
“Before there were feminists, there were volunteers,” writes Wendy Kaminer in this landmark study of women volunteering
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English Pages [260] Year 1984
Table of contents :
Title
Acknowledgments
Contents
PREFACE
WOMEN, WORK, AND MONEY: Social Service and Social Change (an Overview)
THE WAY WE SEE OURSELVES: American Facts and Fancies about Volunteering
VOLUNTEERING IN RECENT HISTORY: A Summary History of Volunteering and the Status and Image of Women in America, from the 1830s through the 1920s
THE VOLUNTEER HERSELF: Interviews
The Ideal: Service as a Holy Calling
The Tradition
THE SURVIVORS: FAMILY LIFE AND A LIFE CAREER AS A VOLUNTEER
PIONEERS OF TRANSITION: CHANGING THE RULES
IN TRANSITION: FROM VOLUNTEERING TO THE PAID WORKPLACE
THE NEW GENERATION: VOLUNTEERING BY CHOICE
THE CASUALTIES: STAYING THE SAME, INSTEAD OF CHANGING
The "Other" Tradition: Combining Volunteering and Paid Work
The Coming Generation: College Women on Volunteering
A GROUP FROM SMITH COLLEGE
CONCLUSION
NOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
