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Women reformed, women empowered : poor mothers and the endangered promise of Head Start / Lynda J. Ames with Jeanne Ellsworth.
LIBRA HV1446.N5 A54 1997
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Van Pelt Library HV1446.N5 A54 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ames, Lynda J.
- Series:
- Women in the political economy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Head Start Program (U.S.).
- Poor women--Services for--New York (State).
- Poor women.
- Head Start programs--New York (State).
- Head Start programs.
- Poor women--Services for.
- New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- x, 251 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- By chronicling the everyday experiences of women in a rural Head Start program, this book examines the processes of underprivileged women working to make a better life for themselves and their families. It explains that in order to empower its participants, the Head Start program allows many women to work as aides or on advisory boards.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1566394929
- 1566394937
- OCLC:
- 34705045
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