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Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929
University of Chicago Press, 1997 Cloth: 978-0-226-30392-5 | eISBN: 978-0-226-30391-8 | Paper: 978-0-226-30393-2 Library of Congress Classification HV699.4.C48G66 1997 Dewey Decimal Classification 362.83820977311
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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. See other books on: Chicago | Goodwin, Joanne L. | Social Services & Welfare | Welfare Reform | Women heads of households See other titles from University of Chicago Press |
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Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform: Mothers' Pensions in Chicago, 1911-1929
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University of Chicago Press, 1997
Cloth: 978-0-226-30392-5
eISBN: 978-0-226-30391-8
Paper: 978-0-226-30393-2
Cloth: 978-0-226-30392-5
eISBN: 978-0-226-30391-8
Paper: 978-0-226-30393-2
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.
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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