Worthy widows, welfare cheats: Proper womanhood in expert needs talk about single mothers in the United States, 1900 to 1988

Gender and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 720-746

  Brush, Lisa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1177/089124397011006002     Document Type: Article

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