Goodwin, Joanne L.

Gender and the politics of welfare reform mothers' pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 / [electronic resource] : Joanne L. Goodwin. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997. - xii, 284 p. : ill. - Women in culture and society . - Women in culture and society. .

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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Mothers' pensions--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Women heads of households--Government policy--History.--Illinois--Chicago


Electronic books.

HV699.4.C48 / G66 1997eb

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