Skip to Main Content (Press Enter) Toggle side nav
Keeping Women and Children Last by Ruth Sidel
Add to bookshelf
Add to Bookshelf

Look Inside

Keeping Women and Children Last

America's War on the Poor, Revised Edition

America's War on the Poor, Revised Edition

By Ruth Sidel

By Ruth Sidel

By Ruth Sidel

By Ruth Sidel

Best Seller
Paperback $17.00

Nov 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780140276930

Ebook $8.99

Nov 01, 1998 | ISBN 9781101522813

All Formats
+
    Keeping Women and Children Last by Ruth Sidel
    Paperback $17.00
    Nov 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780140276930

    Buy from Other Retailers:

    See All Formats (1) +

    Paperback
    –

    • Paperback $17.00

      Nov 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780140276930

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Ebook
    +

    • Ebook

      Nov 01, 1998 | ISBN 9781101522813

      Buy from Other Retailers:

    Buy the Ebook:

    About Keeping Women and Children Last

    In Keeping Women and Children Last, Ruth Sidel shows how America, in its search for a post-Cold War enemy, has turned inward to target single mothers on welfare, and how politicians have scapegoated and stigmatized female-headed families both as a method of social control and to divert attention from the severe problems that Americans face. She reveals the real victims of poverty–the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. In this new edition, focusing on the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Sidel reevaluates our social policy, assessing the impact of the “end of welfare as we know it” on America’s poor, especially its women and children.

    About Keeping Women and Children Last

    In Keeping Women and Children Last, Ruth Sidel shows how America, in its search for a post-Cold War enemy, has turned inward to target single mothers on welfare, and how politicians have scapegoated and stigmatized female-headed families both as a method of social control and to divert attention from the severe problems that Americans face. She reveals the real victims of poverty–the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. In this new edition, focusing on the passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Sidel reevaluates our social policy, assessing the impact of the “end of welfare as we know it” on America’s poor, especially its women and children.

    Also by Ruth Sidel

    Battling Bias
    See all books by Ruth Sidel

    Also by Ruth Sidel

    Battling Bias
    See all books by Ruth Sidel

    Product Details

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 01, 1998 | 288 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140276930

    Category: 20th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Nov 01, 1998 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9781101522813

    Inspired by Your Browsing History

    Buy other books like Keeping Women and Children Last

    ‹ ›
    The Fire This Time
    The Fire This Time
    Unruly Women
    Unruly Women
    Karlene Faith
    Growing American Roots
    Growing American Roots
    Bob Menendez
    OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    OUR UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    Phillip Berryman
    Setting Them Straight
    Setting Them Straight
    Betty Berzon
    Invisibility Blues
    Invisibility Blues
    Michele Wallace
    The Persistence of the Color Line
    The Persistence of the Color Line
    Randall Kennedy
    Separate and Dominate
    Separate and Dominate
    Christine Delphy
    Homosexuality
    Homosexuality
    Gay Left Collective
    Urban Injustice
    Urban Injustice
    David Hilfiker
    Told You So
    Told You So
    Ralph Nader
    Women Who Would Be Rabbis
    Women Who Would Be Rabbis
    Pamela Susan Nadell
    Making Trouble
    Making Trouble
    Lynne Segal
    The Politics of Adoption
    The Politics of Adoption
    Bruno Perreau
    Quintessence...Realizing the Archaic Future
    Quintessence…Realizing the Archaic Future
    Mary Daly
    The Paradox of American Democracy
    The Paradox of American Democracy
    John B. Judis
    Women Lawyers
    Women Lawyers
    Mona Harrington
    The Slogan
    The Slogan
    Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
    The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain
    The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain
    Ron Ramdin
    Between the Norm and the Exception
    Between the Norm and the Exception
    William E. Scheuerman
    Covenant House
    Covenant House
    Bruce Ritter
    The Challenge of the Soul
    The Challenge of the Soul
    Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein
    Freud
    Freud
    Octave Mannoni
    Woman's Consciousness, Man's World
    Woman’s Consciousness, Man’s World
    Sheila Rowbotham
    The Measure of Our Days
    The Measure of Our Days
    Jerome Groopman
    The Religion of Democracy
    The Religion of Democracy
    Amy Kittelstrom
    Doing What's Right
    Doing What’s Right
    Tavis Smiley
    Out of Her Mind
    Out of Her Mind
    Rebecca Shannonhouse
    This Changes Everything
    This Changes Everything
    Liberation Theology
    Liberation Theology
    Phillip Berryman
    Racist Logic
    Racist Logic
    Donna Murch
    Political Evil
    Political Evil
    Alan Wolfe

    Table Of Contents

    Keeping Women and Children Last – Ruth Sidel Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Chapter 1: The Enemy Within
    Chapter 2: The Assault on the Female-Headed Family
    Chapter 3: Who Are the Poor?
    Chapter 4: Targeting Welfare Recipients
    Chapter 5: Teenage Mothers: Casualties of a Limited Future
    Chapter 6: Poor Children: The Walking Wounded
    Chapter 7: A Return to Caring
    Epilogue: Abandoning the Poor
    Notes
    Bibliography
    Index

    Looking for More Great Reads?
    21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
    Get the latest updates from Ruth Sidel
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    And go from well-read to best read with book recs, deals and more in your inbox every week.
    By clicking SIGN UP, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Penguin Random House’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
    Dismiss
    Thanks!
    Something awesome is on its way.
    Back to Top

    Visit other sites in the Penguin Random House Network

    Raise kids who love to read

    Brightly

    Raise kids who love to read
    Today's Top Books

    Today's Top Books

    Want to know what people are actually reading right now?
    An online magazine for today’s home cook

    TASTE

    An online magazine for today’s home cook