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

By: Goodwin, Joanne LContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Women in culture and societyPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997Description: xii, 284 p. : illISBN: 9780226303918 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Mothers' pensions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History | Women heads of households -- Government policy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.83/82/0977311 LOC classification: HV699.4.C48 | G66 1997Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-277) and index.

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.

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