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The work addresses current issues in women's history and women's studies, such as the relationship between women's paid employment and male power and the multif

The first book to study women's poverty over the life course, this wide-ranging collection focuses on the economic condition of single mothers and single elderl

Despite an overhaul in the 1990s, the American welfare system remains with a business model focused on the bottom line. Crafted by male-dominated legislative bo

"The feisty warm-hearted "mum" has long figured as a symbol of the working class in Britain, yet working-class history has emphasized male organizations such as

"All women, regardless of race, face a greater risk of poverty in their later years than elderly men, chiefly as a result of social biases and the failure of pu