Working from the Margins : Voices of Mothers in Poverty /
Schein, Virginia
Working from the Margins : Voices of Mothers in Poverty / Virginia Schein. - 1 online resource (192 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Think Single Mother, Think Poverty -- TWO. The Women -- THREE. The ABC’s of Poverty and the Single Mother -- FOUR. Women of Commitment: Struggling with the Mother-Provider Dilemma -- FIVE. Stone Soup: Single Parenting in Poverty -- SIX. Working: Hitting the Cellar Ceiling -- SEVEN. What Helps? The Role of Social Support -- EIGHT. I Used to Have Dreams -- NINE. A Job Is Not Enough -- TEN. A Community of Efforts -- ELEVEN. The Broad Perspective Revisited -- Background Sketches of the Women -- APPENDIX. Sample Selection, Interview Design, Interview Process, and Procedures -- References -- Index -- About the Author
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Virginia E. Schein shatters the stereotype of mothers on welfare. The women she interviewed in cities, towns, and rural areas talked to her about their deep committment to the children they are raising in poverty, about the abuse they have endured, about their eagerness for meaningful work, and about their inventiveness in stretching scarce dollars. In a policy debate increasingly dominated by shrill, punitive voices, Schein argues that the experiences and collective wisdom of these women cannot be ignored.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501729850
10.7591/9781501729850 doi
Poor women--United States--Case studies.
Single mothers--United States--Case studies.
Welfare recipients--United States--Case studies.
Women heads of households--United States--Case studies.
Labor History.
Sociology & Social Science.
Womens Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
HV1445 / .S34 1995
362.83/0973
Working from the Margins : Voices of Mothers in Poverty / Virginia Schein. - 1 online resource (192 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- ONE. Think Single Mother, Think Poverty -- TWO. The Women -- THREE. The ABC’s of Poverty and the Single Mother -- FOUR. Women of Commitment: Struggling with the Mother-Provider Dilemma -- FIVE. Stone Soup: Single Parenting in Poverty -- SIX. Working: Hitting the Cellar Ceiling -- SEVEN. What Helps? The Role of Social Support -- EIGHT. I Used to Have Dreams -- NINE. A Job Is Not Enough -- TEN. A Community of Efforts -- ELEVEN. The Broad Perspective Revisited -- Background Sketches of the Women -- APPENDIX. Sample Selection, Interview Design, Interview Process, and Procedures -- References -- Index -- About the Author
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Virginia E. Schein shatters the stereotype of mothers on welfare. The women she interviewed in cities, towns, and rural areas talked to her about their deep committment to the children they are raising in poverty, about the abuse they have endured, about their eagerness for meaningful work, and about their inventiveness in stretching scarce dollars. In a policy debate increasingly dominated by shrill, punitive voices, Schein argues that the experiences and collective wisdom of these women cannot be ignored.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501729850
10.7591/9781501729850 doi
Poor women--United States--Case studies.
Single mothers--United States--Case studies.
Welfare recipients--United States--Case studies.
Women heads of households--United States--Case studies.
Labor History.
Sociology & Social Science.
Womens Studies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations.
HV1445 / .S34 1995
362.83/0973