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

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

Linda Gordon

446 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history informative medium-paced
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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...

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