TY - BOOK ID - 112698345 TI - Gender, health and welfare AU - Digby, Anne. AU - Stewart, John AU - Digby Stewart Staff AU - Oxford Brookes University Humanities Research Centre. PY - 1998 SN - 1134662653 1134662661 1280332190 0203272226 0203026063 PB - New York : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Public welfare KW - Services for KW - History KW - Health and hygiene KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Poor relief KW - Public assistance KW - Public charities KW - Public relief KW - Public welfare reform KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Welfare (Public assistance) KW - Welfare reform KW - Human services KW - Social service KW - Human females KW - Wimmin KW - Woman KW - Womon KW - Womyn KW - Females KW - Human beings KW - Femininity KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:112698345 AB - Gender, Health and Welfare deals primarily with the century before the creation of the classic welfare state in Britain. It provides a stimulating introduction to an historical era which saw a huge expansion in welfare services, both state and voluntary, and during which women emerged as significant 'consumers' and 'providers' of various measures. ER -