Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929

by Joanne L. Goodwin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226303934
• ISBN13: 9780226303932
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"