Marriage, Desertion, and Welfare in New York, 1900-1935
by
Anna R. Igra
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2007
Shedding new light on contemporary campaigns to encourage marriage among welfare recipients and to prosecute "deadbeat dads," Wives without Husbands traces the efforts of Progressive reformers to make "runaway husbands" support their families. Anna R. Igra investigates the interrelated histories of...