Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Maternalist Reforms in the United States were experiments in public policy beginning in the Progressive Era that took the form of laws providing for state assistance for mothers with young children that did not have the financial support of a male member of the household. This assistance took the form of financial reimbursements, as well as limits on the maximum working hours for women. These reforms arose from the belief that government has an obligation and interest in protecting and improving the living standards of women and children.Maternalism is defined by Koven and Michel as a variety of ideologies that \"exalted women's capacities to mother and extended to society as a whole the values of care, nurturance and morality\", and was intended to improve the quality of life of women and children. To improve the conditions of women and children these policies attempted to reconcile the conflicting roles placed on women during this time period. As single mothers were responsible for both supporting their families and raising children, government assistance would reduce the probability that they could be charged with neglecting their \"home duties\"."@en }
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- Maternalist_reform abstract "Maternalist Reforms in the United States were experiments in public policy beginning in the Progressive Era that took the form of laws providing for state assistance for mothers with young children that did not have the financial support of a male member of the household. This assistance took the form of financial reimbursements, as well as limits on the maximum working hours for women. These reforms arose from the belief that government has an obligation and interest in protecting and improving the living standards of women and children.Maternalism is defined by Koven and Michel as a variety of ideologies that \"exalted women's capacities to mother and extended to society as a whole the values of care, nurturance and morality\", and was intended to improve the quality of life of women and children. To improve the conditions of women and children these policies attempted to reconcile the conflicting roles placed on women during this time period. As single mothers were responsible for both supporting their families and raising children, government assistance would reduce the probability that they could be charged with neglecting their \"home duties\".".