Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 /

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...

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Main Author: Igra, Anna R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Series:Gender & American culture.
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Online Access:CONNECT