Women at the Margins
Subtitle: Neglect, Punishment, and Resistance (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies) (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies)
Contributors: Josefina Figueira-McDonough (Editor); Rosemary C. Sarri (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press; Haworth
Published: June 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9781560239727
Subjects: Women's studies; Sociology; Sex discrimination against wom; Social Science; Gender Studies; Women's Studies - General; United States; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Economic conditions; Social conditions; Women
First sentence: The recession of the early 1980s was handled by cutting welfare and other programs addressing the urgent needs of citizens in poverty, while government decisions greatly benefited affluent groups.