Wives without husbands
Subtitle: marriage, desertion, and welfare in New York, 1900-1935
By: Anna R. Igra.
Series: Gender and American culture
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780807830703; 9780807857793
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: They need not become a burden to the state; title: The creation of an antidesertion system in New York; title: Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse; title: Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau; title: Desertion and the courts; title: Deserted women and social welfare policy; title: Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform.