Wives without husbands [electronic resource] : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra.
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TextSeries: Gender & American culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.Description: viii, 175 p. : illSubject(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 York
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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.
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