Pitied But Not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare

by Linda Gordon

Book Overview

With three-fourths of all poor families headed by women and about 54 percent of single-mother families living below the poverty line, a rethinking of the fundamental assumptions of our much-reviled welfare program is clearly necessary. Here, Linda Gordon unearths the tangled roots of AFDC (Aid to Families with Dependent Children). Competing visions of how and to whom public aid should be distributed were advanced by male bureaucrats, black women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674669827
• ISBN13: 9780674669826
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"