The origins of the two-channel welfare state: Workmen's compensation and mothers' aid

Women, the State, and Welfare

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 123-151

  Nelson, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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