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

By: Goodwin, Joanne L.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Women in culture and society: Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-277) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 284 p.) : ill.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780226303918 .Subject(s): Mothers' pensions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History | Women heads of households -- Government policy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 362.83/82/0977311 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge.
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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Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

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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