02421nam a2200481 a 4500 ebr10273412 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060816s2007 ncua sb s001 0 eng 2006026996 9780807830703 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807830704 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807857793 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0807857793 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)174524120 n-us-ny HV1447.N5 I37 2007eb 362.83/9 22 Igra, Anna R. Wives without husbands [electronic resource] : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / Anna R. Igra. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2007. viii, 175 p. : ill. 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, 2013. 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 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. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Gender & American culture. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273412 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 6887 6887