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Books on: women and poverty

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Faces of Poverty: Portraits of Women and Children on Welfare

Book by Jill Duerr Berrick; Oxford University Press, 1997

Subjects:

Poor Children--United States--Case Studies, Poor Women--United States--Case Studies, Public Welfare--Government Policy--United States, Welfare Recipients--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Entire Library

...New York: National Center for Children in Poverty, 1990 . 80. L. McBarnette, "Women and Poverty: The Effects on Reproductive Status...S. Young, eds., Women, Health, and Poverty New York: Haworth, 1988 , pp. 55-81...
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Homeless Mothers: Face to Face with Women and Poverty

Book by Deborah R. Connolly; University of Minnesota Press, 2000

Subjects:

Homeless Families--Oregon--Case Studies, Homeless Women--Oregon--Case Studies, Social Service--Oregon--Case Studies

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...blames young mothers for their own poverty, advising that these women would not be poor if they had...demonstrates that most of the women so characterized were already...they became pregnant. Their poverty is not a result of ill-reasoned...
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City Requiem, Calcutta: Gender and the Politics of Poverty

Book by Ananya Roy; University of Minnesota Press, 2003

Subjects:

Calcutta (India)--Social Conditions, Poor Women--India--Calcutta, Poverty--India--Calcutta, Women In Development--India--Calcutta

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...show how the persistence of poverty is engendered in and through...subjects. The shift from poor women to gendered subjects is crucial...it allows the specter of poverty to be dislodged from the body of the woman, and indeed from the body...highlighting the relational aspects of poverty, it makes possible a
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Poor Women's Lives: Gender, Work, and Poverty in Late-Victorian London

Book by Andrew August; Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999

Subjects:

London (England)--Social Conditions, Poor Women--England--London--Social Conditions, Poverty--England--London--History--19th Century, Working Class--England--London--History--19th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...class standards, 115; most unmarried women earned wages, 117; other reasons why married women sought wages, 113; poverty, 65-69; servant- holding households, 115; young single women lived with parents, 121, 122 Housekeeping...
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Food Sovereignty and Uncultivated Biodiversity in South Asia: Essays on the Poverty of Food Policy and the Wealth of the Social Landscape

Book by Farhad Mazhar, Daniel Buckles, P. V. Satheesh, Farida Akhter; International Development Research Centr, 2007

Subjects:

Agricultural Systems--South Asia, Agrobiodiversity--South Asia, Food Supply--South Asia, Nutrition Policy--South Asia, Poverty--South Asia, Women And The Environment--South Asia

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...livelihood. Standard methods of poverty measurement cannot explain...started by interviewing 10 women from 5 villages. All were...under standard definitions of poverty. We did not use a questionnaire...arranged to sit down with the woman in a quiet place so the discussion...long time to interview the women and we had to check the information...

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Journal Articles on: women and poverty

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Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God

Journal article by Pia C. Kontos; The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 38, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God (Book)--Reviews

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Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God by Pia...RUBINSTEIN, Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God. New...In this respect, Old Souls: Aged Women, Poverty, and the Experience of God is a...
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Life-cycle Aspects of Poverty among Older Women

Journal article by Sharmila Choudhury, Michael V. Leonesio; Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 60, 1997

Subjects:

Economic theory, Economics, Impact analysis, Older people, Poverty, Statistical analysis, Studies, United States, Women

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...interviews at which a woman is demonstrably poor...lifetime incidence of poverty among the 1992 survey...6 presents lifetime poverty measures tabulated by race for the Mature Women who were aged 62 or...Predominantly Poor for women aged 62 or older at...The likelihood of a woman experiencing a poverty spell over the life...
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Older Women in Poverty: the Impact of Midlife Factors

Journal article by Thomas P. Vartanian, Justine M. McNamara; Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 64, 2002

Subjects:

Older people, Poverty, Social conditions & trends, Women

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...the years that the woman was either aged...indicate which elderly women are persistently...spend below the poverty line. The predictors...next 5 years. If a woman was age 39 in 1968...Thus, for some women, we examined their...relative to the poverty line in middle age...income for each woman over the first 5...determine whether that women was, on average, in poverty, near poverty...
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Women and Poverty or Gender and Well-Being?

Journal article by Cecile Jackson; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 52, 1998

Subjects:

Poor women--Examinations, problems, exercises, etc., Poverty--Examinations, problems, exercises, etc.

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...gendered, in that women and men often experience...is that being a woman does not necessarily lead to poverty as defined for a...to the lives of women,"(18) thereby...statement that "being a woman is not yet a way...of well-being. Poverty discourses, in...in transforming poverty analysis toward...relations. For women and men, commodities...For example, a woman may have a certain...
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Poverty among Single Elderly Women under Different Systems of Old-age Security: a Comparative Review

Journal article by Jurg K. Siegenthaler; Social Security Bulletin, Vol. 59, 1996

Subjects:

Comparative studies, Europe, Income distribution, Manycountries, Older people, Poverty, Social security, United States, Women

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...money income of single older women; the social security benefits of single women compared with the above relative...provision when it comes to women who are on their own; benefits...as mean amounts per single woman of retirement age, along with...benefits; and any official poverty threshold that may be in use...

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Magazine Articles on: women and poverty

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Women, Poverty and Productivity

Magazine article by Adeola Akinsanmi; Women & Environments International Magazine, Spring 2005

Subjects:

Nigeria, Poverty, Productivity, Rural areas, Social life & customs, Women

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...Productivity by Adeola Akinsanmi Rural poverty is a hydra-headed creature...which at least fifty percent of women live. In an environment where...four, it means that for every woman living in poverty, there are at least four hungry...Within these rural economies, women are "a hidden productive force...
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Women of the World Unite to End Poverty and Violence

Magazine article by Loretta A. Kane; National NOW Times, Vol. 32, Winter 2001

Subjects:

Demonstrations & protests, IMF, International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, International Monetary Fund, Poverty, Violence, Washington DC, Women, World Bank

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Women of the World Unite to End Poverty and Violence by Loretta...violence against women and poverty. They came from across...N. meeting at which women presented the World March...violence against women and poverty (for more on this...
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A Maidservant's Lot: R.C. Richardson Describes the Fortunes of Young Women Driven by Poverty into Domestic Service in Early Modern England. a Number Fell Victim to Predatory Masters and Ended Up with Illegitimate Children, Only to Be Ejected from Households into Penury or, Worse, Executed for Infanticide

Magazine article by R.C. Richardson; History Today, Vol. 60, February 2010

Subjects:

England--History, Housekeepers--Demographic aspects, Housekeepers--Social aspects, Poverty--Social aspects, Poverty--United Kingdom, Young women--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...they could. One of these unfortunate women, a Yorkshire maidservant, Grace Ward...travelled far to see for themselves the young woman in question, Anne Greene, as her story...A warm bed was prepared for her and a woman found who was brave enough to lie with...Multitudes flocked to visit the Oxford miracle woman and the better sort of people, the prison...loose, dead and gone/Here again: women have more tricks than one. ILLUSTRATION...
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The Importance of Educating Girls and Women: The Fight against Poverty in African Rural Communities

Magazine article by Ann Cotton; UN Chronicle, Vol. 44, December 2007

Subjects:

Africa--Social aspects, Gender equality--Social aspects, Poverty--Prevention, Rural areas--Social aspects, Sparsely populated areas--Social aspects, Women--Civil rights, Women--Education

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Educating Girls and Women: The Fight against Poverty in African Rural...education. For young women who do not go on...break the cycle of poverty that currently...rural girls and women must remain at...its dividends of poverty alleviation, gender...
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Women Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Women's Organisations in Africa Are Taking the Issue of Income Generation through Microcredit by Its Horns. as New African Woman's Zarina Geloo Reports from Zambia, Economically Empowering Women Could Not Have Come at a Better Time and Is Long over Due

Magazine article; New African, October 2008

Subjects:

Microfinance--Usage, Poor--Economic aspects, Poverty, Women's associations--Services, Women's organizations--Services, Women--Economic aspects, Women--Services, Women--Societies, clubs, etc.

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Women Breaking the Cycle of Poverty: Womens Organisations in Africa...total." she tells New African Woman. She believes that for women to develop a deeper sense of...nation." she tells New African Woman. ILLUSTRATION OMITTED This...entails a mind-set change, as women have been socialised to be...

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Newspaper Articles on: women and poverty

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Poverty a Hidden Problem; Several Groups of Northern Rivers Women More Likely to Be Affected

Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), March 15, 2010

Subjects:

Poverty, Rivers, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Poverty a Hidden Problem; Several Groups of Northern Rivers Women More Likely to Be Affected...Australians who are forced to live in poverty. At an International Womens...their children. But she said poverty also affected people on the...
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Forgotten Generation of Women Pensioners; Poverty Is Their Reward for a Lifetime of Caring

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 7, 2007

Subjects:

Poverty, Retirees, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Generation of Women Pensioners; Poverty Is Their Reward for a Lifetime...are being forced to retire in poverty, according to a report today...workers face a retirement in poverty. Dr Ros Altmann said they...the next decade. From 2010, women will be entitled to a full...than it does today. Only one woman in four is currently entitled...
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Millions of Women 'Face Poverty in Old Age'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 2, 2005

Subjects:

Poverty, Women--Economic aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Millions of Women Face Poverty in Old Age. Byline: BECKY...women face growing old in poverty because their pensions will...rather than pursue a career. Women on average save only pounds...private pension income than a woman of the same age. A woman...expected to recommend that women need to plan their finances...that the average professional woman currently in her twenties...
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From the Strawberry Patch to Rural Africa; Local Farmer to Fight Poverty, Empower Rural Women

Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), July 1, 2011

Subjects:

Farmers, Poverty--Australia, Poverty--Tanzania, Poverty--Uganda, Women

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Africa; Local Farmer to Fight Poverty, Empower Rural Women. Byline: Nicole Everett LOCAL...agriculture and the status of women farmers in her country. Mrs McPherson...weeks to help fight the causes of poverty and to empower rural women after...
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WOMEN FACING PENSION POVERTY; Revealed: How Millions Will Get [Pounds Sterling]40 a Week Less Than Men

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 12, 2011

Subjects:

Pensions, Poverty, Retirement age, Wage gap

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...WOMEN FACING PENSION POVERTY; Revealed: How Millions...Correspondent MILLIONS of women are facing poverty in old age because their...newspaper, show the average woman retiring over the next...pension age - the average woman is likely to live for...leaving millions of women in fear of retiring in poverty. They deserve better...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: women and poverty

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Gissing, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...he later married. Years of poverty and hard work followed. He...often focusing on social issues poverty, the exploitation of women, the effects of industrialization...depicts the dilemma of the poverty-stricken artist in an alien...
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Amado, Jorge

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...often reflect his left-wing political views and his deep sympathy for women. Although sometimes criticized for stereotyped female characterizations and for romanticizing poverty, Amado is acclaimed for his portrayal of ordinary Brazilians and is...
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Boccaccio, Giovanni

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...son of a Tuscan merchant and a French woman, he was educated at Certaldo and Naples...and law. In Naples he met (1336) the woman (dubiously identified as Maria dAquino...biographies of famous men, the second of famous women), the mythological treatise De genealogiis...montibus. Boccaccios old age was troubled by poverty and ill health, but his activity continued...
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Prostitution

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...companions or associates were often women of high social status, but in Rome the...to control the international traffic in women for the purpose of prostitution. Cooperation...suppression of the international traffic in women for the purpose of prostitution. In 1919...
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United States

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...party reforms that increased the power of women and minority groups in the convention resulted...as his running mate; she was the first woman to gain a major partys vice presidential...including Sandra Day OConnor , the first woman to serve on the high court. Bush, Clinton...

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