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A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.

A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant we...

A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.

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A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.

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Full title

A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.

Author / Creator

Publisher

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2003.

Date

2003.

Call Numbers

N306.8743/ 93

Record Identifier

74VvBxOlk40d

MMS ID

991016583749702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xvi, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Contents

Ch. 1. Founding the Society for Promoting the Health of Women and Children -- Ch. 2. A Professional Organisation -- Ch. 3. Plunket Becomes a Household Word: the Interwar Years -- Ch. 4. Complementary or Competing Services: Plunket and the Medical Profession in the Interwar Period -- Ch. 5. Helen Dee...

Publication information

Publisher

Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2003.

Date Published

2003.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The Plunket Society, founded in 1907 and familiar to all New Zealanders, is our most successful and most famous voluntary organisation. Run by women for women, it played a vital role in the care of mothers and babies for most of the twentieth century, it became a national icon and its praises were sung internationally. This comprehensive history o...

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Full title

A voice for mothers : the Plunket Society and infant welfare, 1907-2000 / Linda Bryder.

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Author / Creator

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-341) and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

N306.8743/ 93

Record Identifier

74VvBxOlk40d

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBxOlk40d

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ISBN

1869402901 (pbk.)

9781869402907 (pbk.)

DDC

649.1220993

306.87430993

MMS ID

991016583749702626

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