[PDF.22rs] Wives without Husbands: Marriage, Desertion, and Welfare in New York, 1900-1935 (Gender and American Culture)

Wives without Husbands: Marriage, Desertion, and Welfare in New York, 1900-1935 (Gender and American Culture)

[PDF.lu49] Wives without Husbands: Marriage, Desertion, and Welfare in New York, 1900-1935 (Gender and American Culture)

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 | #1312780 in Books |  The University of North Carolina Press |  2006-12-11 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.42 x5.98l,.56 | File type: PDF | 175 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating look at marraige and welfare culture in NYC|By Diana L. Linden|Fascinating. An entry into NYC Jewish history, domestic life, and the pressures for immigrants to conform to American concepts of men's roles in society and the vulnerability of women. Read it for some quick research -- and got hooked.| |A richly told tale.--Law and History ||

Rich in provocative analysis and especially interesting for the look it gives into the lives of abandoned families, [and] the difficulties that they faced.--American Historical ||

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Shedding new light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," Wives without Husbands traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. Anna R. Igra investigates the interrelated histories of marriage and welfare policy in the early 1900s, revealing how reformers sought to make marriage the solution to women's and children's poverty.

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