The Illegitimate Family in New York City : : Its Treatment by Social and Health Agencies / / Ruth Reed.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Reed, Ruth,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1934]; ©1934
• Year of Publication: 1934
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Attempts to enumerate the agencies engaged in the care of the illegitimate family in New York City, to describe the types of services being offered by these agencies, and to state the characteristics of these families during a limited interval of time.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface / Deardorff, Neva R. -- Contents -- Tables -- Part One. Introduction -- I. The Nature and Purpose of the Study -- II. The Social Significance of the Illegitimate Family -- III. Illegitimacy in Ten American Cities -- IV. Ten Years of Illegitimacy in New York City -- Part Two. The Care of the Illegitimate Family by New York City Social Agencies -- V. Method of the Survey of Social Agencies -- VI. Medical and Health Agencies -- VII. The Homes for Mothers and Babies -- VIII. The Family Welfare and the Protective Agencies -- IX. The Agencies and Institutions for Delinquents -- X. The Child Placement Societies -- XI. The Agencies in Relation to Each Other and to the City -- Part Three. The Illegitimate Family and Its Members -- XII. The Illegitimate Family as a Group -- XIII. The Unmarried Mothers -- XIV. The Unmarried Fathers -- XV. The Illegitimate Children Born in 193 -- Appendices -- 1. The Individual Case Schedule for Each Unmarried Mother and the Agency Schedule -- 2. Digest of Laws in New York City Relating to Illegitimacy -- 3. Notes on Birth Registration in New York City -- 4. Supplementary Tables -- 5. List of Agencies Whose Services Are Described in Part Two -- Annotated Bibliography on Illegitimacy -- Indexes