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Gender and the politics of welfare reform : mothers' pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929

Title
Gender and the politics of welfare reform : mothers' pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 / Joanne L. Goodwin.
Author
Goodwin, Joanne L.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.

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Description
xii, 284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Women in culture and society
Uniform Title
Women in culture and society.
Subject
  • Mothers' pensions > Chicago > History
  • Women heads of households > History. > Chicago
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword / Catharine R. Stimpson -- 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 -- Appendix. Legislative and Judicial Changes in the Illinois' Aid to Mothers' Law.
ISBN
  • 0226303926 (alk. paper)
  • 0226303934 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
96047158
OCLC
  • 35723742
  • ocm35723742
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries