Babies for the Nation

Denyse Baillargeon, W. Donald Wilson

Description

Described by some as a “necropolis for babies,” the province of Quebec in the early twentieth century recorded infant mortality rates, particularly among French-speaking Catholics, that were among the highest in the Western world. This “bleeding of the nation” gave birth to a vast movement for child welfare that paved the way for a medicalization of childbearing.

In Babies for the Nation, basing her analysis on extensive documentary research and more than fifty interviews with mothers, Denyse Baillargeon sets out to understand how doctors were able to convince women to consult them, and why mothers chose to follow their advice. Her analysis considers the medical discourse of the time, the development of free services made available to mothers between 1910 and 1970, and how mothers used these services.

Showing the variety of social actors involved in this process (doctors, nurses, women’s groups, members of the clergy, private enterprise, the state, and the mothers themselves), this study delineates the alliances and the conflicts that arose between them in a complex phenomenon that profoundly changed the nature of childbearing in Quebec.

Un Québec en mal d’enfants: La médicalisation de la maternité 1910—1970 was awarded the Clio-Québec Prize, the Lionel Groulx-Yves-Saint-Germain Prize, and the Jean-Charles-Falardeau Prize. This translation by W. Donald Wilson brings this important book to a new readership.

Sujets

• Women's studies
• History of Canada
• Multiculturalism
• Medicine
• History
• Translation
• Médecine

Informations

• Publié par: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date de parution: 08 juillet 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781554582723
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Babies for te Nation

StudieS in Childhood and Family in Canada

Sûîéŝ î cîôô à àî î cààà îŝ à ûîîŝçîîà ŝéîéŝ éôé ô é éŝéçîéŝ ô éŝé ŝûéçŝ àŝ é éôé. Té ŝéîéŝ éàûéŝ ŝûîéŝ à ôçûŝ ô é îéŝéçîôŝ ô àé, çàŝŝ, àçé, éé à éîô àŝ é çôîûé ô à cààîà ûéŝàî ô çîôô à àî, ô îŝôîçà à çûé.

seîeŝ Eîô cîà côàççîô déàé ô îŝô wîî àûîé uîéŝî

màûŝçîŝ ô e ŝe ô Bîà ééŝô, dîéçô wîî àûîé uîéŝî péŝŝ 75 uîéŝî Aéûé wéŝ wàéôô, Oàîô, cààà n2L 3C5

Babies for te Nation he Medicalization of Moterood in Quebec 1910–1970

Denyse Baillargeon

Translated byW. Donald Wilson

Tîŝ ôô àŝ éé ûîŝé î é é ô à à ô é cààîà ééàîô ô é ûàîîéŝ à Sôçîà Sçîéçéŝ ôû é Aî ô Sçôà pûîçàîôŝ pôà ûŝî ûŝ ôîé  é Sôçîà Sçîéçéŝ à ûàîîéŝ réŝéàç côûçî ô cààà. wé àçôéé é ŝûô ô é cààà côûçî ô é Aŝ ô ôû ûîŝî ô- à. wé àçôéé é fiàçîà ŝûô ô é Gôéé ô cààà ôû é Bôô pûîŝî ïûŝ dééôé pôà ô ôû ûîŝî àçîîîéŝ.

Lîbràr à Arçîvéŝ cààà cààôgûîg î Pûbîçàîô Bàîàéô, déŝé, 1954–  Bàîéŝ ô é àîô : é éîçàîzàîô ô ôéôô î qûééç, 1910-1970 / déŝé Bàîàéô ; àŝàé  w. dôà wîŝô. Tàŝàîô ô: u qûéç é à ’éàŝ (Sûîéŝ î cîôô à àî î cààà ŝéîéŝ) ïçûéŝ îîôàîçà éééçéŝ à îé. ïSBN ----  1. Oŝéîçŝ—Sôçîà àŝéçŝ—qûéç (pôîçé)—îŝô—20 çéû. 2. Sôçîà çôô—qûéç (pôîçé)—îŝô—20 çéû. 3. màéà éà ŝéîçéŝ—qûéç (pôîçé)—îŝô—20 çéû. 4. Néô îàŝ—qûéç (pôîçé)—càé—îŝô—20 çéû. 5. Néô îàŝ—qûéç (pôîçé)— môàî—îŝô—20 çéû. 6. cî çàé—qûéç (pôîçé)—îŝô—20 çéû. ï. wîŝô, w. dôà, 1938– ïï. Tîé.

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éç éîîô,u qûéeç e à ’eàŝ © 2004 éŝ Èîîôŝ û réûé-màé

Eîŝ àŝàîô © 2009 wîî àûîé uîéŝî péŝŝ wàéôô, Oàîô, cààà .ûéŝŝ.û.çà

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 chapter 3

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Contents

List of Tàbles

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List of acronyms

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acknowleements

Introuction

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a “Bà Mother” Càlle Quebec A Eà déà 16 dî wîé Gîî îé 39

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a Very Nàtionàl Infànt Mortàlity Ràte 45 Té Nàîô î péî, 1910–1940 46 A Nàîôà déà ô cîé, 1940–1970 59

Let Us Hàve the Mother àn the Chil Is Ours Té ïôàçé ô môéŝ 72 Téàç Oé à Oé 91

a School for Mothers 107 cîîçŝ ô Néôŝ 111 ôé càé 122 te Vîçôîà oe ô nûŝeŝ 122  te nûŝeŝ ô e “me” 125  te aŝŝîŝàçe àeee 129 Séîçéŝ ô môéŝ Oûŝîé é màô cééŝ 135 péàà cîîçŝ 139 pûîç éçûéŝ à é dîŝîûîô ô dôçûéŝ

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Bitter Strules 153 A ô Oé 153 Gééà pàçîîôéŝ à pûîç éà Oiçîàŝ 160 Gééà pàçîîôéŝ à é Aŝŝîŝàçé àééé é môà 165 dôçôŝ à Nûŝéŝ 168 pŝîçîàŝ à “màéàîŝ” éîîŝŝ 174 cûç à Sàé 184

The Quebec Mother àn Chil 191 càé ô Eéçà wôé 192 càé ô Bàîéŝ 206 Tô réà wîé càî ô Bà 219 réàîôŝ î dôçôŝ à Nûŝéŝ 229

Epiloue: To Hàve or Not to Hàve …

appenix 1:Sources

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appenix 2:Infànt Mortàlity Ràtes, Cànàà àn the Provinces, 1926–1965 252

Notes

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Biblioràphy

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tabLe 1 Aéàé àûà îà ôàî àéŝ é 1,000 îé îŝ  fié-éà éîô ô cààà, qûééç, à Oàîô ô 1921 ô 1965, à é àéŝ ô 1966–68 17 tabLe 2 Aéàé àûà îà ôàî àéŝ é 1,000 îé îŝ  fié-éà éîô, ŝôî é ôéà àé ô qûééç  ûà à ûà àéàŝ, à ô môéà, 1911–1963 19 tabLe 3 Aéàé àûà îà ôàî àéŝ é 1,000 îé îŝ  fié-éà éîô  éô-éîîôûŝ ôû, môéà, 1901–1950 22 tabLe 4 Aûà îà ôàî àéŝ é 1,000 îé îŝ  fié-éà éîô  éà îŝîç, môéà, 1950, 1960, à 1971 23 tabLe 5 Aéàé àûà îà ôàî àéŝ é 1,000 îé îŝ, éîîàé à îéîîàé, î môéà,  fié-éà éîô, 1915–1964 27 tabLe 6 Eôûîô ô é çàûŝéŝ ô îà ôàî î qûééç (àŝ à éçéàé)  ôûŝ ô çàûŝéŝ, 1926–1960 28 tabLe 7Oéà îà ôàî àé (é 1,000 îé îŝ) à ô éàŝ ô îàôéà, î môéà, 1920–1969 30 tabLe 8 màéà ôàî àéŝ (é 1,000 îé îŝ)  fié-éà éîô ô cààà, qûééç, à Oàîô, 1921–1970 40 tabLe 9 Aéàé àûà àéŝ ô îŝ î îŝîûîôŝ  fié-éà éîô, cààà, qûééç, à Oàîô, 1926–1965 42 tabLe 10 déçàé î îç éŝôéŝ àîé 250 tabLe 11 ûŝàŝ’ ôççûàîôŝ 250 tabLe 12 Nûé ô fiŝ- à àŝ-ôŝ  éçàé 250 tabLe 13 àî ŝîzé 251 tabLe 14 méàŝ à éôŝ ô çôàçéîô 251 tabLe 15cààààŝ)ôîéîï00,01é(ŝéàîàôà é ôîçéŝ, 1926–1965 252

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aC Açîéŝ ô céàîé açme l’açîô éîçàe aM-aC Açîôçéŝé ô môéà, Açîéŝ ô é càçé aMM Aŝŝîŝàçé màééé é môà aMM-a Açîéŝ ô é Aŝŝîŝàçé àééé é môà aPFM Aŝŝôçîàîô ôû à àîfiçàîô àîîàé é môà BAq Bîîôèûé é Açîéŝ àîôàéŝ û qûéç BAqm Bîîôèûé é Açîéŝ àîôàéŝ û qûéç î môà BAqq Bîîôèûé é Açîéŝ àîôàéŝ û qûéç î qûééç cî bHPQ Bôà ô éà ô é pôîçé ô qûééç bHPQ-aR Bôà ô éà ô é pôîçé ô qûééç, Aûà réô bHPQ-M Bôà ô éà ô é pôîçé ô qûééç mîûéŝ BH bûeî ’yîèe BP là bôe pàôe BS bûeî ŝàîàîe BSHMP bûeî e à sôçîéé ’yîèe e e éeçîe éeîe e à pôîçe e qûéeç CBMH/BCHM cààîà bûeî ô meîçà hîŝôy/bûeî çààîe ’îŝôîe e à éeçîe CCCW cààîà côûçî ô cî wéàé CCF côôéàîé côôéà ééàîô CCWN cààîà cî weàe neŝ CFW cààîà àîy weàe CHU côû éà uî CJPH cààîà jôûà ô pûîç heà CPF céé é àîfiçàîô àîîàé é môà CPHJ cààîà pûîç heà jôûà CsF côŝéî Sûîéû é à àîé

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