Barbara Alpern Engel
Former Fellowship
Wilson Center Projects
From the Fields to the City: Women, Work and Family in Russia, 1861-1914
Previous Terms
Wilson Center Project(s): Attitudes of the laboring poor towards family life Term: Feb 28, 1983- Feb 28, 1983.Project Summary attitudes of the laboring poor towards family life, as reflected in parental treatment of children care of the children; view of mothers in the family economy; the degree to which the working class adopted modern attitudes toward childhood as a special time with opportunities for play, personality development and education