TY  - BOOK
AU  - Levenstein,Lisa
TI  - A movement without marches: African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia 
T2  - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
SN  - 9780807889985
AV  - F158.9.N4 L485 2009eb
U1  - 305.48/89607307481109045 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - Čubrilović
KW  - African American women
KW  - Pennsylvania
KW  - Philadelphia
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Poor women
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Biography
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Urban policy
KW  - Noires américaines
KW  - Pennsylvanie
KW  - Philadelphie
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Femmes pauvres
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Noirs américains
KW  - Conditions économiques
KW  - Pauvreté
KW  - Aspect politique
KW  - Politique urbaine
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Women's Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Armut
KW  - gnd
KW  - Sozialhilfe
KW  - Kinderfürsorge
KW  - Schwarze Frau
KW  - Philadelphia (Pa.)
KW  - Philadelphia, Pa
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - collective biographies
KW  - aat
KW  - gtlm
KW  - lcgft
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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