02084nam a22004094a 4500 ebr10103589 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 031021s2004 nyua sb 001 0 eng 2003023137 0195158903 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)61395536 n-us-md HV1447.B25 M55 2004eb 305.48/896073075271 22 Williams, Rhonda Y. The politics of public housing [electronic resource] : Black women's struggles against urban inequality / by Rhonda Y. Williams. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. xiii, 306 p. : ill. Transgressing boundaries Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index. Creating "a little heaven for poor people": decent housing and respectable communities -- "A woman can understand": dissidence in 1940s' public housing -- Shifting landscapes in postwar Baltimore -- "When then came the change": the fight against disrepute -- "An awakening giant": the search for poor people's political power -- "Sunlight at early dawn": economic struggles, public housing and welfare rights. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Poor women Maryland Baltimore. Poor women Maryland Baltimore Political activity. African American women Maryland Baltimore. Welfare recipients Maryland Baltimore. Women heads of households Maryland Baltimore. Low-income housing Maryland Baltimore. Public welfare Maryland Baltimore. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Transgressing boundaries. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10103589 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 102043 102043