Racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in the workforce, education, and training under welfare reform

Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 150-179

  Jones Deweever, Avis ^a   Dill, Bonnie Thornton ^b   Schram, Sanford ^c  

^a National Council of Negro Women   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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