Examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Shows how women employed maternalism, nationalism, and internationalism in their work, and looks at shifting constructions of family and gender in Cold War Canada.
Examines Canadian women's efforts to protect children's health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Shows how women employed maternalism, nationalism, and internationalism in their work, and looks at shifting constructions of family and gender in Cold War Canada.
Tarah Brookfield is an assistant professor at Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford campus, where she teaches in contemporary studies, history, and youth and children studies.
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Table of Contents for Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity, by Tarah Brookfield List of Acronyms and Initialisms Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: At Home 1. Cold War Canada: Mobilizing Women for a New War 2. The Home Front Becomes the Frontline: Fallout Shelter Madness 3. In the Name of Children: The Disarmament Movement Part II: Abroad 4. Seeds of Destiny: The United Nations and Child Welfare 5. Long-Distance Mothers: Foster Parent Plan Programs 6. A Change in Direction: Starving, Knitting, and Caring for Vietnam 7. The Politics of Orphans: Origins of International Adoption and Operation Babylift Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents for Cold War Comforts: Canadian Women, Child Safety, and Global Insecurity, by Tarah Brookfield List of Acronyms and Initialisms Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: At Home 1. Cold War Canada: Mobilizing Women for a New War 2. The Home Front Becomes the Frontline: Fallout Shelter Madness 3. In the Name of Children: The Disarmament Movement Part II: Abroad 4. Seeds of Destiny: The United Nations and Child Welfare 5. Long-Distance Mothers: Foster Parent Plan Programs 6. A Change in Direction: Starving, Knitting, and Caring for Vietnam 7. The Politics of Orphans: Origins of International Adoption and Operation Babylift Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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