For Crying Out Loud: Women's Poverty in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0896085295
- ISBN-13
- 9780896085299
- Category
- Poor women
- Pages
- 436
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- South End Press
- Authors
- Diane Dujon, Ann Withorn
Description
Brings together the words of welfare mothers, activists and advocates, as well as scholars in a poignant and powerful challenge to the impoverishment of women.
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