From Welfare to Workfare
Subtitle: The Unintended Consequences of Liberal Reform, 1945-1965 (Gender and American Culture)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: February 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780807829226
Subjects: Child welfare; Women's Studies - General; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; History; Employment; United States; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; United States - 20th Century; Aid to families with dependent children programs; Welfare recipients; 20th century; Aid to families with dependent; Government policy; Poor women; Welfare Reform; Department of Health Education and Welfare; American Public Welfare Association; National Association of Social Workers; President's Commission on the Status of Women; Community Research Associates; war on poverty; Aid to Dependant Children (ADC); Field Foundation; 1956 Social Security Amendments; 1962 Public Welfare Amendments; social work; Loula Dunn; Elizabeth Wickenden; Wilbur Cohen; Liberalism; postwar WWII; John F. Kennedy; Lyndon B. Johnson; Harry S. Truman; Franklin D. Roosevelt
First sentence: In the 1950s, amid unprecedented economic growth and prosperity, American policy makers rediscovered poverty.