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The growth of Las Vegas that began in the 1940s brought an influx
of both women and men looking to work in the expanding hotel and
casino industries. In fact, for the next fifty years the proportion
of women in the labor force was greater in Las Vegas than the
United States as a whole. Joanne L. Goodwin's study captures the
shifting boundaries of women's employment in the postwar decades
with narratives drawn from the Las Vegas Women Oral History
Project. It counters cliched pictures of women at work in the famed
resort city as it explores women's real strategies for economic
survival and success.
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.
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.
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