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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.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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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.)

 
    
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