Pitied but Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare 1890-1935
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (690 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674669827 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 433 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She is the author of the now classic history of birth control in America, Woman's Body, Woman's Right, and of Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence, winner of the Joan Kelly Prize for the best book in women's history. Linda Gordon is Professor of History at New York University
Furstenberg New York Times Book Review)Particularly timely and instructivethoroughly documented, balanced and often absorbingPerhaps it will help us to take another look at the current thinking about both the needs and the rights of the poor before harsh, punitive policies critically injure children and their families for generations to come. (Ruth Sidel Nation) . (Frank F. (Deborah A. Stone New Republic)Illuminatingskillfully written and well-documented. An important original contribution and one that offers provocative insights into the current welfare reform debate
"the beginnings of American welfare" according to Sage Ross. Gordon weaves a cohesive tale about the origins of our modern welfare state, beginning with the reform-minded settlement house women and their work to represent and help the single mother. Maternalism, Gordon argues, is a concept central to their work, and the concept remains today in the "welfare" (needs-based) portion of welfare (as opposed to the parts we think of as entitlements, like social security pensions for the retired and public education). Maternalism is the idea that we (society) have an obligation, like a mother to needy, to lift the underclass out of their moral, as well as financial and physical, problems. This brought the. usually have a sturdy, protected cover bjazz I'm thrilled with this purchase, both the service and the book itself. I have recently found that buying a used library hardcover book is extremely satisfactory. They have usually been taken care of, usually have a sturdy, protected cover, and though used are adequate for my purposes. My favorite books in my library are also used! By me, of course, but still.. "Five Stars" according to IZzy. Awesome!
Competing visions of how and to whom public aid should be distributed were advanced by male bureaucrats, black women's organizations, and white progressive feminists. With three-fourths of all poor families headed by women and about 54 percent of single-mother families living below the poverty line, a rethinking of the fundamental assumptions of our much-reviled welfare program is clearly necessary. She shows that only by shedding false assumptions, and rethinking the nature of poverty, can we advance a truly effective welfare reform.. Here, Linda Gordon unearths the