No Right to Family Life? Single Mothers and their Children in a “Mixed Economy of Welfare” in Switzerland, 1930s–1950s

Q3 Arts and Humanities Historein Pub Date : 2024-04-15 DOI:10.12681/historein.32564
Sonja Matter
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In Switzerland single mothers, especially from the working class, were rarely able to support themselves and their children as a result of widespread discrimination against women in the labor market throughout the 20th century. Focusing on the case records of the social welfare of the city of Bern from the 1930s to 1950s, the article examines to what extent single mothers benefited from a ‘mixed economy of welfare’. The article points out that after the Second World War, social welfare measures were expanded with the introduction of widows’ and survivors’ insurance and the establishment of family allowances. While these new social insurance schemes undoubtedly brought improvements, the article shows that single mothers continued to experience practices of social exclusions. Especially, the combination of welfare dependency on the one hand, and guardianship measures on the other, often resulted in the out-of-home placement of the children of single mothers.
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没有家庭生活的权利?20 世纪 30 年代至 50 年代瑞士 "混合福利经济 "中的单身母亲及其子女
在瑞士,由于整个 20 世纪劳动力市场对妇女的普遍歧视,单身母亲,尤其是来自工人阶级的单身母亲,很少有能力养活自己和孩子。文章以 20 世纪 30 年代至 50 年代伯尔尼市社会福利的案例记录为重点,探讨了单身母亲在多大程度上受益于 "混合福利经济"。文章指出,第二次世界大战后,随着寡妇和遗属保险的引入以及家庭津贴的设立,社会福利措施得到了扩展。虽然这些新的社会保险计划无疑带来了改善,但文章指出,单身母亲仍然受到社会排斥。特别是,一方面是福利依赖,另一方面是监护措施,这两者的结合往往导致单亲母亲的子女被安置在家庭之外。
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