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Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
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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.
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