Social welfare and the feminization of poverty Book

	List of Tables
	Acknowledgments
	Abstract
1	Women and Poverty	1
2	Feminist Theory and Inequality	4
	Liberal, Radical, and Socialist Feminism	4
	Socialist Feminism and the Sexual Division of Labor in the Household	9
	Capitalist Patriarchy and the Labor Market	14
3	Historical Analysis of Social Welfare Policy Planning and Implementation: A Feminist Perspective	17
	The Elizabethan Poor Laws	17
	Charity Organization Society and Settlement House Movements	19
	Mothers' Pensions	22
	The Great Depression and the Social Security Act	24
	Escalation of Female Poverty: 1940-1960	27
	The War on Poverty and the Economic Opportunity Act	32
	The Legacy of Reaganomics	35
4	Poverty as a Means of Domination	38
	Statistical Overview of the Feminization of Poverty	38
5	The Political Structure's Response: The American Social Welfare System	48
	Social Welfare Policy Issues	48
	Social Welfare Programs and Trends in Expenditures	56
6	Women and the Welfare State	61
	Welfare Reform	61
	A Progressive Feminist Social Welfare Agenda	65
7	Strategies for Social Change	77
	Bibliography	80
	Appendix	91
	Index	93