Training for work
Domestic Service as a Route Out of Long-Stay Institutions Before 1959
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348193 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Dale (University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 387-405 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612020400200400 |
| OpenAlex | W2073727960, W4252393896 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
The preponderance of women patients in long-stay institutions has long interested historians. Examination of the path to the asylum has drawn attention to the control exercised by male-dominated professional groups over dependent and vulnerable females. Within the institutions the focus has been on the limitations of the care provided and the essentially dehumanising regimes of the total institution. Recently the historiography has started to reassess the provision of care to re-emphasise the problems experienced by patients prior to admission, the asylum offered by mental health and mental deficiency facilities, and the possibility of discharge. Gendered policies of reform and rehabilitation have been part of this analysis but to date little attention has been paid to opportunities for earning and learning. This article suggests that specialised institutional training coupled with a demand for domestic servants worked to the advantage of female patients, whose licence and discharge from institutional care was supported by emerging groups of lady social workers
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |