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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Igra, Anna R.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007.
Series:	Gender & American culture.
Subjects:	National Desertion Bureau, New York > History. National Desertion Bureau, New York > Case studies. Poor women > New York (State) > New York. Women heads of households > New York (State) > New York. Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions. Jewish women > New York (State) > New York > Economic conditions. Absentee fathers > New York (State) > New York. Desertion and non-support > New York (State) > New York. Public welfare > New York (State) > New York. Welfare recipients > New York (State) > New York. Case studies History Case studies.
Online Access:	CONNECT

Table of Contents:

They need not become a burden to the state
The creation of an antidesertion system in New York
Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse
Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau
Desertion and the courts
Deserted women and social welfare policy
Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform.

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

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