Igra, Anna R.
Wives without husbands marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / [electronic resource] : Anna R. Igra. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007. - viii, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Gender & American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Jewish women--Economic conditions.--New York (State)--New York
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.
Electronic books.
HV1447.N5 / I37 2007eb
362.83/9
Wives without husbands marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / [electronic resource] : Anna R. Igra. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007. - viii, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Gender & American culture . - Gender & American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-169) and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2009.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Jewish women--Economic conditions.--New York (State)--New York
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.
Electronic books.
HV1447.N5 / I37 2007eb
362.83/9