It takes the average reader 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform by Joanne L. Goodwin
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The first study to explore the origins of welfare in the context of local politics, this book examines the first public welfare policy created specifically for mother-only families. Chicago initiated the largest mothers' pension program in the United States in 1911. Evolving alongside movements for industrial justice and women's suffrage, the mothers' pension movement hoped to provide "justice for mothers" and protection from life's insecurities. However, local politics and public finance derailed the policy, and most women were required to earn. Widows were more likely to receive pensions...
Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform by Joanne L. Goodwin is 298 pages long, and a total of 76,884 words.
This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours to read Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform aloud.
Gender and the Politics of Welfare Reform is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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