Title Glass ceilings and bottomless pits : women's work, women's poverty / by Randy Albelda and Chris Tilly ; with an appendix by Dorothy K. Seavey.

Publication Info.	Boston, MA : South End Press, [1997]
	©1997

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.48 A328G	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Women, income, and poverty: there's a family connection -- Who's poor?: patterns of poverty -- All in the family: family types and their incomes -- The glass ceiling and the sticky floor: obstacles to women in the workforce -- Bottomless pits: why single mothers fare worst -- What's wrong with current poverty policies? -- Lean, mean, and ineffective: why 1990s-style welfare reform won't work -- Creating real welfare reform -- It's not just welfare: policies as if families really mattered -- The power to win women's economic equality -- Appendix A: More detailed definitions of family types and income categories -- Appendix B: Women and welfare: popular conceptions vs. facts / Dorothy K. Seavey -- Appendix C: Resources.
Subject	Public welfare -- United States.
	Poor women -- United States.
	Welfare recipients -- United States.
	United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
	Poor women. (OCoLC)fst01071229
	Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
	Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
	Welfare recipients. (OCoLC)fst01173635
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Beschäftigung.
	Frau.
	Armut.
	Sozialhilfe.
	United States.
	Aide sociale -- Bénéficiaires -- États-Unis.
	Aide sociale -- États-Unis.
	Femmes pauvres -- États-Unis.
	Armut. (DE-588)4002963-3
	Beschäftigung. (DE-588)4005979-0
	Frau. (DE-588)4018202-2
	Sozialhilfe. (DE-588)4055776-5
	Etats-Unis -- Politique sociale -- 1993-
	United States. (DE-588)4078704-7
Chronological Term	Since 1993
Added Author	Tilly, Chris.
Other Form:	Online version: Albelda, Randy Pearl. Glass ceilings and bottomless pits. Boston, MA : South End Press, ©1997 (OCoLC)605023572
ISBN	089608566X
	9780896085664
	0896085651 (pbk.)
	9780896085657 (pbk.)

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