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Daycare first appeared in France
The first daycare appeared in France, also known as Société des Crèches. Société des Crèches translates to daycare society. Daycares started out as charitable institutions to care for infants of working class women. Goals of the daycare founders included encouraging maternal breastfeeding to reduce infant mortality and functioning as a school for mothers to teach them hygienic infant care practices. Provided by:
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History of Daycare
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Daycares start increasing
In France there were six daycares in 1845 and multiplied to twenty-six by 1852. Picture provided by:
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Daycares were established in the United States by private charaties
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The first daycare in the United States was New York Day Nursery
New York City was the only city outside of California to keep its day care centers after World War II due to a progressive Mayor, Fiorelio LaGuardia, who dealt with the White House directly rather than going through New York State and a strong movement of communists, labor activists ,parents and teachers who organized every district in NYC. Picture providedby:
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Daycare was recognized by the French government
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The first public preschool was created
The first public funded preschool program was created in 1965 by President Johnson. The government helped create this half-day program for preschool children from low-income families. Due to a large amount of people interested and a lack of funding for Head Start a handful of states started their own version of a program for students from low-income families. Provided by:
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New York City accounted for 1/5 of the childcare centers in U.S
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Nixon defeated the last comprehensive childcare bill
In 1971 Nixon defeated the last comprehensive childcare bill, called the Comprehensive Child Development Act, which would have created a universal system in the U.S., established childcare as a right for all families regardless of income. There would also have been money for training workers. Families earning about 44% of the median income were to receive free childcare and those earning 74% would be charged on a sliding scale. The bill passed the House and Senate, but Nixon vetoed it because -
Nixon defeated the last comprehensive childcare bill
it promoted communism and communalism. Hillary and Obama talk about childcare or an agenda for working families, but are only asking for about $200 million, which won’t make a dent.
