04185nam 2200853 a 450 991045540850332120200520144314.00-8078-5942-71-4696-0588-00-8078-8998-9(CKB)1000000000787217(EBL)454820(OCoLC)435526855(SSID)ssj0000206053(PQKBManifestationID)11182740(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000206053(PQKBWorkID)10213924(PQKB)11318885(SSID)ssj0000777624(PQKBManifestationID)12361412(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777624(PQKBWorkID)10757662(PQKB)11533789(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244094(MiAaPQ)EBC454820(MdBmJHUP)muse23451(Au-PeEL)EBL454820(CaPaEBR)ebr10313960(CaONFJC)MIL930925(EXLCZ)99100000000078721720080929d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA movement without marches[electronic resource] African American women and the politics of poverty in postwar Philadelphia /Lisa LevensteinChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20091 online resource (319 p.)The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-7164-8 0-8078-3272-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-284) and index.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; IndexLisa 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 benefitJohn Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.African American womenPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryPoor womenPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryAfrican American womenPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaSocial conditions20th centuryAfrican American womenPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaBiographyAfrican AmericansPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaEconomic conditions20th centuryPovertyPolitical aspectsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryUrban policyPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaHistory20th centuryPhiladelphia (Pa.)Race relationsHistory20th centuryPhiladelphia (Pa.)Politics and government20th centuryPhiladelphia (Pa.)Social conditions20th centuryElectronic books.African American womenHistoryPoor womenHistoryAfrican American womenSocial conditionsAfrican American womenAfrican AmericansEconomic conditionsPovertyPolitical aspectsHistoryUrban policyHistory305.48/89607307481109045Levenstein Lisa1035464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455408503321A movement without marches2455183UNINA