Widows And Orphans First
Subtitle: The Family Economy And Social Welfare Policy, 1880-1939 (Women in American History) (Women in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780252030208
Subjects: American history; Family welfare; Women's studies; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Political History; Public Policy - Social Policy; United States - General; Social Science / Women's Studies; Human Services; United States - 19th Century; Women's Studies - General; Family policy; Family services; Services for; United States; Widows
First sentence: Marie Besonet, a middle-aged widow, moved to Fall River from Quebec in the late 1870s so that her four oldest children could take jobs in the cotton mills.