Feminisation of Poverty in America
Marcia Lee Agee
(Assistant Professor and Professor in the Department of Management and Economics, Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota)
Roger W. Walker
(Assistant Professor and Professor in the Department of Management and Economics, Hamline University, St Paul, Minnesota)
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Abstract
“Being poor is a cardinal sin in our society,” one attorney notes in connection with an observation that women face an uphill battle in terms of the effects of poverty on child custody outcomes. Evidence from the same document quotes a Minnesota referee who is renowned for his usual statement to female AFDC recipients:’ How much of the taxpayers money are you currently receiving? (17,p.25)”.
Citation
Lee Agee, M. and Walker, R.W. (1991), "Feminisation of Poverty in America", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 10 No. 1, pp. 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb010538
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1991, MCB UP Limited