Keeping women and children last
Subtitle: America's war on the poor
By: Ruth Sidel
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Poor women -- United States.; Public welfare -- United States.; Family policy -- United States.; Women heads of households -- United States.
Description: Ruth Sidel revisits the condition of America's poor women, with particular focus on the federal government's attempts to dismantle the welfare system. She shows how America, in its search for a post-Cold War enemy, has turned inward to target single mothers on welfare and how politicians have scapegoated and stigmatized female-headed families both as a method of social control and to divert attention from the several problems that Americans face.

Most important, she reveals the real victims of poverty - the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. Citing statistics that are both terrifying and disturbing, Sidel delivers a chilling indictment of the current trends and political maneuvering that threaten to keep America's poor women and children last.
Notes: Sequel to: Women and children last.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-223) and index.