Name: Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 (en Inglés)
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Author: Joanne L. Goodwin
ISBN: 9780226303932

portada Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

University Of Chicago Press

Autor

Joanne L. Goodwin

Año

1997

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

298

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0226303934

ISBN13

9780226303932

N° edición

Categorías

Historia de la humanidad

Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929 (en Inglés)

Joanne L. Goodwin (Autor) · University Of Chicago Press · Tapa Blanda

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The first study to explore the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first public welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families. Chicago initiated the largest mothers' pension program in the United States in 1911. Evolving alongside movements for industrial justice and women's suffrage, the mothers' pension movement hoped to provide "justice for mothers" and protection from life's insecurities. However, local politics and public finance derailed the policy, and most women were required to earn. Widows were more likely to receive pensions than deserted women and unwed mothers. And African-American mothers were routinely excluded because they were proven breadwinners yet did not compete with white men for jobs. Ultimately, the once-uniform commitment to protect motherhood faltered on the criteria of individual support, and wage-earning became a major component of the policy. This revealing study shows how assumptions about women's roles have historically shaped public policy and sheds new light on the ongoing controversy of welfare reform.