A documentary history of welfare policy in the U.S.
Gwendolyn Mink (Editor)
Gwendolyn Mink was Professor of Politics at the
University of California, Santa Cruz and Professor of Women and
Gender Studies at Smith College. She is the author and editor of
many books, most recently coauthor of Ensuring Poverty: Welfare
Reform in Feminist Perspective.
Rickie Solinger (Editor)
Rickie Solinger is a historian, the editor of a book series
on reproductive justice, and a curator who organizes exhibitions
associated with the themes of her books. Her books include Wake Up
Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade, The
Abortionist: A Woman Against the Law, and Beggars and Choosers: How
the Politics of Choice Shapes Adoption, Abortion, and Welfare in
the United States.
Frances Fox Piven (Foreword by)
Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political
Science and Sociology at the Graduate School, City University of
New York. She is coeditor of Work, Welfare and Politics. Her other
award-winning books include Regulating the Poor, Why Americans
Don't Vote, and Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They
Fail (all with Richard Cloward).
"The debate over welfare suffers from lack of historical perspective. Now come Mink and Solinger to transform our understanding with a clearly articulated, carefully organized, and judiciously selected collection of key sources and illustrative documents that illuminates the past and present of aid to poor women and their children. Essential for classroom use, this book also belongs on the desks of policy makers and activists alike." --Eileen Boris, Hull Professor of Women's Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara "A stirringly dramatic narrative of welfare policy history. Through the documents they select, Mink and Solinger bring to life an immensely important human drama, and they do so in a way that paves a path to a higher awareness of the deeply ingrained biases of gender, race, and class that operate in welfare policy." --Social Service Review
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