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- catalog abstract "In the robust economy of the 1990s, it is easy to forget the 37 million people, mostly women and children, living below the federal poverty level. [The author], a policy fellow at the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute, brings this issue to the forefront of the national debate. After all, she points out, poor women are raising a large part of the nation. [She] bases her research on years of observation and working relationships with poor women in community organizations. She chronicles the path of poverty in terms of life stages: from youth, where daughters help raise younger siblings; to adolescence, where girls become mothers themselves; to middle age, where the fortunate women rise above their situation, often by networking with one another. The strengths of this work are its clear analysis and its recommendations for concrete changes in public policy.-Library Journal.".
- catalog contributor b10920546.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Daughters' work -- Boyfriends, love, and sex -- Choice and motherhood in poor America -- Losses and loathing in the welfare years -- Moving on, "Don't call me out of name" -- Common woman's resistance -- Coda -- Afterword: What is happening to our people?".
- catalog description "In the robust economy of the 1990s, it is easy to forget the 37 million people, mostly women and children, living below the federal poverty level. [The author], a policy fellow at the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute, brings this issue to the forefront of the national debate. After all, she points out, poor women are raising a large part of the nation. [She] bases her research on years of observation and working relationships with poor women in community organizations. She chronicles the path of poverty in terms of life stages: from youth, where daughters help raise younger siblings; to adolescence, where girls become mothers themselves; to middle age, where the fortunate women rise above their situation, often by networking with one another. The strengths of this work are its clear analysis and its recommendations for concrete changes in public policy.-Library Journal.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "x, 256 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Don't call us out of name.".
- catalog identifier "0807042080 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Don't call us out of name.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Don't call us out of name.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.42/086/942 21".
- catalog subject "HV1445 .D63 1998".
- catalog subject "Poor children United States.".
- catalog subject "Poor women United States.".
- catalog subject "Public welfare United States.".
- catalog subject "Welfare recipients United States.".
- catalog subject "Women United States Economic conditions.".
- catalog subject "Women United States Social conditions.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Daughters' work -- Boyfriends, love, and sex -- Choice and motherhood in poor America -- Losses and loathing in the welfare years -- Moving on, "Don't call me out of name" -- Common woman's resistance -- Coda -- Afterword: What is happening to our people?".
- catalog title "Don't call us out of name : the untold lives of women and girls in poor America / Lisa Dodson.".
- catalog type "text".