Wives without husbands: marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935
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Main Author: Igra, Anna R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press c2007
Series:Gender & American culture
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index
They need not become a burden to the state -- The creation of an antidesertion system in New York -- Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse -- Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau -- Desertion and the courts -- Deserted women and social welfare policy -- Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform
Shedding light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," this book traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. It analyzes the history of antidesertion reform from its emergence in social policy debates
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 175 p.)
ISBN:0807876585
9780807876589

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