Wives without husbands : marriage, desertion, & welfare in New York, 1900-1935 / / Anna R. Igra.
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| Superior document: | Gender & American culture |
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender & American culture.
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| Physical Description: | viii, 175 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- They need not become a burden to the state
- The creation of an antidesertion system in New York
- Ambivalent breadwinners and the public purse
- Bread givers : from desertion to the national desertion bureau
- Desertion and the courts
- Deserted women and social welfare policy
- Epilogue: The legacy of antidesertion reform.