A movement without marches : African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia / Lisa Levenstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levenstein, Lisa.

Series:

John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.

The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

African American women.

Poor women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Poor women.

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Social conditions--20th century.

African American women--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Biography.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Economic conditions--20th century.

African Americans.

Poverty--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Poverty.

Urban policy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History--20th century.

Urban policy.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Politics and government--20th century.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. With these resources came new constraints, as public officials frequently responded to women's efforts by limiting benefit

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Multidimensionality of Poverty in a Postwar City; One: ""Tired of Being Seconds"" on ADC; Two: Hard Choices at 1801 Vine; Three: Housing, Not a Home; Four: ""Massive Resistance"" in the Public Schools; Five: A Hospital of Their Own; Conclusion; Appendix: Note on First-Person Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-284) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-9313-228-1

979-88-908804-1-3

0-8078-5942-7

1-4696-0588-0

0-8078-8998-9

OCLC:

435526855