Word: quotidian
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...after-care is guaranteed by the state. Mothers are encouraged to have their children nurtured and trained by the state. Working women, and 70% of Soviet women between the ages of 18 and 45 do work, place their children in day nurseries. Among the Soviets these institutions serve as quotidian orphan asylums. When a woman brings her child to a nursery for keeping while she works, the child is given a physical examination, a bath and a clean uniform. If ill in any way, the child is segregated. All the children have individual towels, drinking cups, tooth brushes...