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Author Goodwin, Joanne L

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

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 284 pages) : illustrations
Series Women in culture and society
Women in culture and society.
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
Summary 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 pensi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-277) and index
Notes English
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Subject Mothers' pensions -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Women heads of households -- Government policy -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Mothers' pensions
Illinois -- Chicago
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0226303918
9780226303918
9780226303925
0226303926
1281223522
9781281223524
9786611223526
6611223525