Race, Gender, and Poverty in Twentieth-Century America

The way race and gender shaped who the poor were, how poverty and related social problems were perceived, and the struggles against poverty from the Gilded Age to the 1980s. Topics include the different notions of motherhood for black and white women, the influence of class, culture, and race in the development of the welfare state in the 1930s and 1960s, and changing strategies to combat or alleviate poverty.