A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia / Lisa Levenstein.
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TextSeries: John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culturePublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 300 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
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- Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.-
- African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- Poor women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- African American women -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography
- African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Poverty -- Political aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- Urban policy -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History -- 20th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Noires américaines -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Femmes pauvres -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Noires américaines -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
- Noires américaines -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Biographies
- Noirs américains -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Conditions économiques -- 20e siècle
- Pauvreté -- Aspect politique -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Politique urbaine -- Pennsylvanie -- Philadelphie -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- African American women
- African American women -- Social conditions
- African Americans -- Economic conditions
- Politics and government
- Poor women
- Poverty -- Political aspects
- Race relations
- Social conditions
- Urban policy
- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Armut
- Sozialhilfe
- Kinderfürsorge
- Schwarze Frau
- Philadelphia, Pa
- 1900-1999
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- F158.9.N4 L485 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-284) and index.
Introduction: The multidimensionality of poverty in a postwar city -- "Tired of being seconds" on ADC -- Hard choices at 1801 Vine -- Housing, not a home -- "Massive resistance" in the public schools -- A hospital of their own.
In this bold interpretation of U.S. history, Lisa Levenstein reframes highly charged debates over the origins of chronic African American poverty and the social policies and political struggles that led to the postwar urban crisis. A Movement Without Marches follows poor black women as they traveled from some of Philadelphia's most impoverished neighborhoods into its welfare offices, courtrooms, public housing, schools, and hospitals, laying claim to an unprecedented array of government benefits and services. Levenstein uncovers the constraints that led women to public institutions, emphasizin.
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