Ladd-Taylor, Molly

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LADD-TAYLOR, Molly

LADD-TAYLOR, Molly. American. Genres: History. Career: Educator, writer. York University, Toronto, Canada, associate professor (history). Publications: Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare, and the State, 1890-1930, 1994. EDITOR: Raising a Baby the Government Way: Mothers' Letters to the Children's Bureau, 1915-1932, 1986; (co) Root of Bitterness: Documents of the Social History of American Women, 1996; (with L. Umansky) "Bad" Mothers: The Politics of Blame in Twentieth-Century America, 1998. Address: Department of History, 2140 Vari Hall, York University, 4700 Keele St., Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3. Online address: mltaylor@yorku.ca

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