Working from the Margins : Voices of Mothers in Poverty /

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Virginia E. Schein shatters the stereotype of mothers on welfare. The women she interviewed in cities, towns, and rural areas talked to her about their deep commitment to the children they are raising in poverty, about the abuse they have endured, about their eagerness for meaningful work, and about...

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Autor principal: Schein, Virginia E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : ILR Press, 1995.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women heads of households.
Welfare recipients.
Single mothers.
Poor women.
Meres de famille monoparentale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Femmes chefs de famille > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Femmes pauvres > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Aide sociale > Beneficiaires > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Meres celibataires > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Femmes chefs de famille > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Femmes pauvres > États-Unis > Cas, Études de.
Welfare recipients > United States > Case studies.
Single mothers > United States > Case studies.
Women heads of households > United States > Case studies.
Poor women > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Think single mother, think poverty
  • The women
  • The ABC's of poverty and the single mother
  • Women of commitment: struggling with the mother-provider dilemma
  • Stone soup: single parenting in poverty
  • Working: Hitting the cellar ceiling
  • What helps? The role of social support
  • I used to have dreams
  • A job is not enough
  • A community of efforts
  • The broad perspective revisited
  • Background sketches of the women.

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