Women Reformed, Women Empowered: Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start
Author:   Lynda Ames ,  Jeanne Ellsworth
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition:   New ed.
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9781566394932


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   17 December 1996
Format:   Paperback
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Women Reformed, Women Empowered: Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start


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Revealing stories about the ways in which social programs help and harm women struggling to change their lives

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Author:   Lynda Ames ,  Jeanne Ellsworth
Publisher:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Imprint:   Temple University Press,U.S.
Edition:   New ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 1.50cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781566394932


ISBN 10:   1566394937
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   17 December 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction 1. Prelude: The North Country 2. Two Wars on Poverty Part II: Women Reformed 3. Taking Control of Everyday Life 4. Making Good Work 5. The American Dream Part III: Women Empowered 6. Power and Ceremony 7. The Bureaucratization of North Country Head Start 8. Defiance...and Withdrawal 9. Devotion, Social Class, and the Union 10. The Limits on/of Empowerment: What Is to Be Done? References Index

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