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Abramovitz, Mimi.

Regulating the lives of women : social welfare policy from colonial times to the present / by Mimi Abramovitz.

Boston, MA : South End Press, ©1988.

x, 406 pages ; 23 cm

This important book looks at the changes in AFDC, Social Security, and Unemployment Insurance, and welfare "reform." This new edition reveals how welfare policy scapegoats women more than ever to justify widespread retrenchment and to divert the public's attention from the real causes of the nation's mounting economic woes.

Poor women -- United States -- History.

Public welfare -- United States -- History.

Family social work -- United States -- History.

Social security -- United States -- History.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A feminist perspective on the welfare state -- The colonial family ethic -- The development of families, the ideology of women{u2019}s roles, and the labor of women -- Women and the poor laws in colonial America -- <U+0032>A woman{u2019}s place is in the home<U+0033> -- The rise of the industrial family ethic -- Women and nineteenth century relief -- Poor women and progressivism -- Protective labor law and mothers{u2019} pensions -- The great depression and the social security act -- The Emergence of the modern welfare state -- Old age insurance -- Unemployment insurance -- Aid to families with dependent children -- Single mothers in the twentieth century -- Restoring the family ethic -- The assault on women and the welfare state in the 1980s.

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