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Author

Goodwin, Joanne L.

Title Gender and the politics of welfare reform [electronic resource] : mothers' pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 / Joanne L. Goodwin.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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Available to Pittsburg State University patrons only.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xii, 284 p. : ill.
Series	Women in culture and society
	Women in culture and society.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-277) and index.
Contents	1. Defining the problems of "dependent motherhood" -- 2. The structure of public provision : gender and race in Chicago's welfare system -- 3. Gender and social policy : the origins of mothers' pension policy in Illinois -- 4. The politics of welfare reform -- 5. The economies of mothers' pensions.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Mothers' pensions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
	Women heads of households -- Government policy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	0226303926 (cloth : alk. paper)
	0226303934 (paper : alk. paper)
	9780226303932
	9780226303918 (electronic bk.)