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Introduction
A Brief History
The Changing Family and Work Lives of Women
Advocates for Change
The Basic Principles--Adequacy and Equity
Options for Using Social Security to Address Gender Inequities in Work and Family…

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Speakers, Workshop Chairs, and Presenters
Program
Presentations by Speakers
Action Waves
Workshops
Workshop Reports
Statistics of Poverty
Where to Get Help
Sponsors
Acknowledgments

Report of a conference held at Northpark Inn in Dallas, Texas, on November 19-20, 1976, organized by Carolyn L. Galerstein and Harvey J. Graff with the assistance of Neila Patrick.

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Introduction
The Political Economy of Credit and…

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A woman's guide to social security

What the woman worker should know
While you work
If you interrupt your career
When you retire
Public pension offset

What a wife should know
A wife
Widow with children
Widow without…

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Income of the Population 55 and Older, 1976
Introduction
Age
Marital Status
Race
Relationship Between Size and Sources of Income
The Future

Technical Appendix

Tables

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Foreword

Belgium
Federal Republic of Germany
France
Great Britain
United States

Introduction: "Among Americans 55 years of age and older, the impact of race and gender converge to render older Black females at greater risk for low income and poverty than other segments of the U.S. population. Because of the greater likelihood of…

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I. Introduction
A. Cross-Sectioning the Welfare Debate
B. Overview of This Report

II. Women's Poverty in the United States: Myths and Realities
A. The Scope of Poverty
1. Welfare Poor
2. Income Poor
3. Unofficial…

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Hearings on Sex Discrimination in the Workplace
Legislative Agenda - 97th Congress
- Abortion
- Child Support/Alimony
- Comparable Worth
- Contraceptive Labeling
- Daycare
- Displaced Homemakers
- Domestic Violence
- Employment…

Discusses welfare in the context of absent wages for housework, arguing that welfare payments are the first step toward waged housweork. Urges for re-appropriation of the term "welfare mother," and discusses ways to counter proposed cuts in welfare…