Municipal Homemaking Act

In 1950 Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act (Finnish: Laki kunnallisista kodinhoitajista, 272/1950[1]) was passed.[2][3] Miina Sillanpää was involved in its preparation.[4] The system of municipal homemakers was created to help rural families with some children who lived in poverty.[5] The municipal homemakers had their salaries paid by the municipality.[5]

References

  1. http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/smur/1950/19500272
  2. Solveig Bergman (1989). Women's Worlds: Finnish Contributions to the Third International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Dublin, 1987. Institute of Women's Studies at Åbo Akademi University. p. 55. ISBN 978-951-649-573-9.
  3. David Cheal (2003). Family: Critical Concepts in Sociology. Psychology Press. pp. 360–. ISBN 978-0-415-22631-8.
  4. Helen Corr; Lynn Jamieson; Karin Gwinn Wilkins (22 May 1990). State Private Life And Political Change. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 125-. ISBN 978-1-349-20707-7.
  5. Helen Corr; Lynn Jamieson; Karin Gwinn Wilkins (22 May 1990). State Private Life And Political Change. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 126–. ISBN 978-1-349-20707-7.
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