Charitable women. Philantropic welfare 1780-1930. A Nordic and interdisciplinary anthology. Edited by Birgitta Jordansson and Tinne Vammen.

Odense University studies in history and social sciences 213. Contents: Revivalism, Philanthropy and Emancipation. Women's Liberation and Organization in the Early Nineteenth Century, by Ingrid Åberg; Social Work - A Space for Women, by Anne-Lise Seip; Women and Philanthropy in a liberal context. The case of Gothenburg, by Birgitta Jordansson; Ambiguous Performances: Women in Copenhagen Philanthropy, c. 1849-1915, by Tinne Vammen; Philanthropists, Mothers and Doctors. The Philanthropic Struggle against Infant Mortality in Copenhagen 1860-1920, by Anne Løkke; To be a Woman Capitalist: Anna Hierta-Retzius, Ebba Lind af Hageby and Liljeholmen's Stearin & Candle Factory, by Kerstin Norlander; Stockholms Arbetarehem: Building Welfare, by Kerstin Thörn; 'Her Social Work Was Carried Out Quietly, in a Very Beautiful Manner'. Danish Women in the Transition from Philanthropy to Welfare State 1900-1940, by Hanne Rimmen Nielsen; Confrontation and Cooperation. Ellen and Maria Moberg's and Alva Myrdal's views on childcare and social policy in the 1930s, by Ann-Katrin Hatje; Main chronological development of laws: Sweden, Norway, Denmark; Selected Bibliography; Contributors.