This article explores how Cambridge and Cardiff poor law unions “found” families for illegitimate children between 1870 and 1930, even when doing so meant coming into conflict with national regulations.
Archive for May 2013
Under the Guardians’ Supervision: Illegitimacy, Family, and the English Poor Law, 1870-1930
Battered Women Who Kill: Impact of Expert Testimony Type and Timing
‘Before the war, I was a man’: men and masculinities in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Percent distribution of smoking status among adults aged 18 and over, by sex: United States, January–September 2012
Barriers to the participation of people with psychosocial disability in mental health policy development in South Africa: a qualitative study of perspectives of policy makers, professionals, religious leaders and academics
The Neuropsychology of Sexual Offenders: A Meta-Analysis
Trauma-Informed Domestic Violence Services: Understanding the Framework and Approach (Part 1 of 3)
Making a Case for Treatment Integrity as a Psychosocial Treatment Quality Indicator for Youth Mental Health Care
Maternal Role Confusion: Relations to Maternal Attachment and Mother–Child Interaction from Infancy to Adolescence
Young teenagers’ experiences of domestic abuse
The Intergenerational Transmission of Social Skills and Psychosocial Problems among Parents and their Young Adult Children
Child welfare clients’ first step away from higher education. The influence of school performances, educational aspirations and background factors on choosing the vocational track after compulsory school
Coverage of Behavioral Health Services for Children, Youth, and Young Adults with Significant Mental Health Conditions
Bullying and Victimization in Early Adolescence: Associations With Attachment Style and Perceived Parenting
Move it to improve it (Mitii): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a novel web-based multimodal training program for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy
Types of Aggression among Incarcerated Juveniles: The Roles of Gender and Offense Type
Taking Aim at Gun Violence: Rebuilding Community Education and Employment Pathways
Security and subjective wellbeing: the experiences of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum in the UK
Lay Definitions of Violence among Swedish Children, Teenagers, and Adults
Effects of Video Feedback on Early Coercive Parent–Child Interactions: The Intervening Role of Caregivers’ Relational Schemas
Hindsight and Foresight: Where We Have Been and Where We Should Be Going
Domestic violence prevention through the Constructing Violence-free Masculinities programme: an experience from Peru
‘Because I am a man, I should be gentle to my wife and my children’: positive masculinity to stop gender-based violence in a coastal district in Vietnam
Scotland’s Welfare State of mind – Article
Performance-based assessments and demand for personal care in older Japanese people: a cross-sectional study
Effects of Benefit-Focused Versus Standard Expressive Writing on Adolescents’ Self-Concept During the High School Transition
End-of-Life Care in Hematology: Update From Australia
First Out of the Gate: San Francisco’s Sick Days Law
Self-Regulatory Driving Behaviors: Gender and Transportation Support Effects
Sexuality and HIV/AIDS: An Exploration of Older Heterosexual Women’s Knowledge Levels
Engagement States and Learning from Educational Games
Combat Exposure, Unit Cohesion, and Demographic Characteristics of Soldiers Reporting Posttraumatic Growth
Predictors of Vicarious Trauma Beliefs Among Medical Staff
Characteristics of the elderly who do not visit primary care physicians
Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas
A pilot randomised controlled trial of a theory-based, tailored intervention designed to address perceptions of illness and treatment, for people prescribed medication for Bipolar Disorder
Delivering Smoking Cessation Support by Mobile Phone Text Message: What Information do Smokers Want? A Focus Group Study
Altruism and health outcomes in multiple sclerosis: The effect of cognitive reserve
Median Age at First Marriage for Women (Alabama, Alaska, and 50 other locations)
Happiness: An ongoing and social process
The cost of marriage and the matrimonial agency in late Victorian Britain
Venue-level correlates of female sex worker registration status: A multilevel analysis of bars in Tijuana, Mexico
Marital satisfaction and depression among couples following men’s acute coronary syndrome: Testing dyadic dynamics in a longitudinal design
Top Individual Income Tax Rates: How Does the U.S. Compare?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon
In The Jet Sex, Victoria Vantoch explores in rich detail how multiple forces—business strategy, advertising, race, sexuality, and Cold War politics—cultivated an image of the stewardess that reflected America’s vision of itself, from the wholesome girl-next-door of the 1940s to the cosmopolitan glamour girl of the Jet Age to the sexy playmate of the 1960s. Though airlines marketed her as the consummate hostess—an expert at pampering her mostly male passengers, while mixing martinis and allaying their fears of flying—she bridged the gap between the idealized 1950s housewife and the emerging “working woman.” On the international stage, this select cadre of women served as ambassadors of their nation in the propaganda clashes of the Cold War. The stylish Pucci-clad American stewardess represented the United States as middle class and consumer oriented—hallmarks of capitalism’s success and a stark contrast to her counterpart at Aeroflot, the Soviet national airline. As the apotheosis of feminine charm and American careerism, the stewardess subtly bucked traditional gender roles and paved the way for the women’s movement. Drawing on industry archives and hundreds of interviews, this vibrant cultural history offers a fresh perspective on the sweeping changes in twentieth-century American life.