| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xix, 310 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Note |
Some chapters rewritten, some completely new chapters added for this ed. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Why we still need a women's agenda for social work / Liane V. Davis -- Building on the romance of women's innate strengths : social feminism and its influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993 / Barbara Levy Simon -- What is needed for true equality : an overview of policy issues for women / Dorothy C. Miller -- Child welfare as a woman's issue : untangling gender, race, and class / Elizabeth D. Hutchison, Leanne W. Charlesworth -- Women's mental health issues : twentieth-century realities, twenty-first century challenges / Margaret E. Severson -- Women, welfare, and violence : a look at the family violence option / Jan L. Hagen -- Promoting reentry for formerly incarcerated women : individual and community practice challenges / Patricia O'Brien -- Supporting the strengths of older women / Rosemary Chapin -- Beyond women of color, welfare, and identity politics / Faye Y. Abram, Jeanette Mott Oxford, Angela H. Roffle -- Lesbians and bisexual women : relevant policy and practice issues / Sandra C. Anderson -- Overturning oppression : an analysis of emancipatory change / Ann Weick -- Changing women's narratives : taking back the discourse / Joan Laird. |
| Subject |
Social work with women.
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Women -- United States -- Social conditions.
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| Added Author |
Peterson, K. Jean.
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Lieberman, Alice A.
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| ISBN |
0789008696 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0789016168 |
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