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Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935
- Title
- Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra.
- Author
- Igra, Anna R.
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 175 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Gender & American culture
- Subjects
- Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions
- Women heads of households > New York (State) > New York
- Poor women > New York (State) > New York
- Absentee fathers > New York (State) > New York
- Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions
- Public welfare > New York (State) > New York
- National Desertion Bureau, New York History
- Welfare recipients > New York (State) > New York
- Desertion and non-support > New York (State) > New York
- National Desertion Bureau, New York Case studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index.
- Contents
- They need not become a burden to the state -- The creation of an antidesertion system in New York -- Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse -- Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau -- Desertion and the courts -- Deserted women and social welfare policy -- Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform.
- Call Number
- *PYI 09-3306
- ISBN
- 9780807830703 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0807830704 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780807857793 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0807857793 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006026996
- 9780807830703
- 9780807857793
- OCLC
- 71006720
- Author
- Igra, Anna R.
- Title
- Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra.
- Imprint
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.
- Series
- Gender & American culture
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 97808078307039780807857793
- Research Call Number
- *PYI 09-3306