Abramovitz, Mimi

Regulating the Lives of Women : Social Welfare Policy from Colonial Times to the Present

Acknowledgments ix(2) Preface xi Introduction 1(10) Notes 11(2) 1. A Feminist Perspective on the Welfare State 13(32) Notes 41(4) 2. The Colonial Family Ethic The Development of Families, the Ideology of Women's Roles, and the Labor of Women 45(30) Notes 68(7) 3. Women and the Poor Laws in Colonial America 75(32) Notes 101(6) 4. "A Woman's Place is in the Home" The Rise of the Industrial Family Ethic 107(30) Notes 130(7) 5. Women and the Nineteenth Century Relief 137(44) Notes 172(9) 6. Poor Women and Progressivism Protective Labor Law and Mothers' Pensions 181(34) Notes 207(8) 7. The Great Depression and the Social Security Act The Emergence of the Modern Welfare State 215(26) Notes 236(5) 8. Old Age Insurance 241(32) Notes 267(6) 9. Unemployment Insurance 273(40) Notes 305(8) 10. Aid to Families with Dependent Children Single Mothers in the Twentieth Century 313(36) Notes 343(6) 11. Restoring the Family Ethic The Assault on Women and the Welfare State in the 1980s and 1990s 349(42) Notes 382(9) Conclusion 391(8) Notes 398(1) Index 399