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Author Igra, Anna R.

Title Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 175 pages) : illustrations
Series Gender & American culture
Gender & American culture.
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index
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Subject National Desertion Bureau, New York -- History
National Desertion Bureau, New York -- Case studies
SUBJECT National Desertion Bureau, New York fast
National Desertion Bureau (N.Y.) -- History. nli
Subject Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York
Women heads of households -- New York (State) -- New York
Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions
Absentee fathers -- New York (State) -- New York
Desertion and non-support -- New York (State) -- New York
Public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York
Welfare recipients -- New York (State) -- New York
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
Absentee fathers
Desertion and non-support
Jewish women -- Social conditions
Poor women
Public welfare
Welfare recipients
Women heads of households
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Sozialhilfeempfängerin
Armut
Soziale Situation
Frau
Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York.
Women heads of households -- New York (State) -- New York.
Jewish women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
Absentee fathers -- New York (State) -- New York.
Desertion and non-support -- New York (State) -- New York.
Public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York.
New York (State) -- New York
New York Staat
New York <Staat>
Genre/Form Case studies
History
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807876589
0807876585