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Page 94
At the other end of the social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for ...
At the other end of the social scale , tens of thousands of immigrant women and girls lived in poverty and misery in crowded tenements , and worked long hours for pitiful wages . Here family life was reduced to a desperate struggle for ...
Page 128
They advocated welfare payments for the needy , unemployment compensation , and social insurance . Fanning out into every area that touched the lives of the poor , settlement house workers became a potent force for social change .
They advocated welfare payments for the needy , unemployment compensation , and social insurance . Fanning out into every area that touched the lives of the poor , settlement house workers became a potent force for social change .
Page 140
To them , female suffrage threat- ened to bring with it social change , easy divorce , and a host of extremist demands . Southern suffragists accommodated them- selves to these prejudices by accepting white supremacy with- out question ...
To them , female suffrage threat- ened to bring with it social change , easy divorce , and a host of extremist demands . Southern suffragists accommodated them- selves to these prejudices by accepting white supremacy with- out question ...
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Theories of Women's Studies Gloria Bowles,Renate Duelli-Klein,Renate Klein No preview available - 1983 |