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Title Women as single parents : confronting institutional barriers in the courts, the workplace, and the housing market / edited by Elizabeth A. Mulroy.

Publication Info. Dover, Mass. : Auburn House Pub. Co., [1988]
©1988

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.85 W872W    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 291-298.
Note Includes index.
Contents Part I. Background -- Introduction / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Who are single-parent families and where do they live? / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Part II. Experiencing single parenthood -- Gender bias in the courts / Lynn Hecht Schafran -- Restructuring family life / Frances Smalls Caple -- Working for less : single mothers in the workplace / Teresa Amott -- The search for affordable housing / Elizabeth A. Mulroy -- Part III. A call for Federal and State action -- The role of the courts in welfare reform / Barbara Sard -- Federal policy-making and family issues / Anne L. Radigan -- Single-parent families and a right to housing / Frank I. Smizik and Michael E. Stone -- Social reform : expanding choices and increasing institutional responsiveness / Elizabeth A. Mulroy.
Subject Single-parent families -- United States.
Single mothers -- United States.
Family policy -- United States.
Added Author Mulroy, Elizabeth A.
ISBN 0865691762: $28.95
9780865691766
0865691770 (pbk.): $17.95
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