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Hardcover Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939 Book

ISBN: 0252030206

ISBN13: 9780252030208

Widows and Orphans First: The Family Economy and Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939

(Part of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History Series)

The experiences of widows and their children during the Progressive Era and the New Deal depended on differences in local economies and values. How did these widely varied experiences impact the origins of the welfare state?

S. J. Kleinberg delves into the question by comparing widows' lives in three industrial cities with differing economic, ethnic, and racial bases. Government in Fall River, Massachusetts, saw employment as a solution...

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