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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goodwin, Joanne L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Mothers' pensions > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Women heads of households > Government policy > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0226303918
9780226303918
9780226303925
0226303926
1281223522
9781281223524
9786611223526
6611223525
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of 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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