Wives without husbands [electronic resource] : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra.
By: Igra, Anna R.
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BookSeries: Gender & American culture: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007Description: viii, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): 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 YorkGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.83/9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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.
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