Baillargeon D
Dynamis. 1999;19:379-400.
This article examines the story of the Assistance maternelle de Montreal, an organization founded in 1912 by a group of bourgeois catholic women to provide material assistance and free medical services to poor pregnant mothers of the city. I want to show that even if the timid intervention of the Quebec state allowed the AM to survive during the almost 50 years, the rise of the experts in the health field--a phenomenon to which the AM has largely contributed--and in the philanthropic sector led to the marginalization of the female volunteers within the very institution they had created.
本文考察了蒙特利尔产妇援助会的故事，该组织于1912年由一群资产阶级天主教女性创立，旨在为该市贫困的孕妇提供物质援助和免费医疗服务。我想表明，即使魁北克政府的谨慎干预使产妇援助会在近50年里得以存续，但卫生领域专家的崛起——产妇援助会在很大程度上促成了这一现象——以及慈善部门的发展导致了女性志愿者在她们自己创建的机构中被边缘化。
