Women, the State, and Welfare

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Women, the State, and Welfare Edited by LINDA GORDON The University of Wisconsin Press The University ofWisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E SLU, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 1990 The Board of Regents ofthe University ofWisconsin System All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University ofWisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States ofAmerica Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Women, the state, and welfare / edited by Linda Gordon. 324 pp. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Public welfare-United States-History. 2. Poor women-United StatesHistory . 3. United States- Social policy- History. 4. Feminism- United States. 5. Women in politics- United States. 1. Gordon, Linda. HV95 .W66 1990 362.83'0973- dc20 90-50089 ISBN 0-299-12660-9 CIP ISBN 0-299-12664-1 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12664-3 (pbk: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-299-12663-6 (e-book) ...