Regulating the Lives of Women

by Abramovitz, Mimi

• ISBN13: 9780896085510
• ISBN10: 0896085511
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: South End Pr

Summary

Praised widely as an outstanding contribution to social welfare and feminist scholarship, as well as political advocacy, Regulating the Lives of Women tells the story of social welfare from women's perspectives. The critical new insights in this new edition of Regulating the Lives of Women will appeal to policymakers, activists, academics, and general readers interested in social welfare, sociology, women's labor, and African-American Studies.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(10)
Notes	11	(2)
1. A Feminist Perspective on the Welfare State	13	(32)
Notes	41	(4)
2. The Colonial Family Ethic The Development of Families, the Ideology of Women's Roles, and the Labor of Women	45	(30)
Notes	68	(7)
3. Women and the Poor Laws in Colonial America	75	(32)
Notes	101	(6)
4. "A Woman's Place is in the Home" The Rise of the Industrial Family Ethic	107	(30)
Notes	130	(7)
5. Women and the Nineteenth Century Relief	137	(44)
Notes	172	(9)
6. Poor Women and Progressivism Protective Labor Law and Mothers' Pensions	181	(34)
Notes	207	(8)
7. The Great Depression and the Social Security Act The Emergence of the Modern Welfare State	215	(26)
Notes	236	(5)
8. Old Age Insurance	241	(32)
Notes	267	(6)
9. Unemployment Insurance	273	(40)
Notes	305	(8)
10. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Single Mothers in the Twentieth Century	313	(36)
Notes	343	(6)
11. Restoring the Family Ethic The Assault on Women and the Welfare State in the 1980s and 1990s	349	(42)
Notes	382	(9)
Conclusion	391	(8)
Notes	398	(1)
Index	399