Keeping women and children last

Description:

Ruth Sidel revisits the condition of America's poor women, with particular focus on the federal government's attempts to dismantle the welfare system. She 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 several problems that Americans face. Most important, she reveals the real victims of poverty - the millions of children who suffer from societal neglect, inferior education, inadequate health care, hunger, and homelessness. Citing statistics that are both terrifying and disturbing, Sidel delivers a chilling indictment of the current trends and political maneuvering that threaten to keep America's poor women and children last.

subjects: Family policy,  Poor women,  Public welfare,  Women heads of households,  Vrouwen,  Eenoudergezinnen,  Overheidsbeleid,  Poor, united states,  Public welfare, united states,  Women, economic conditions

Places: United States