Women and Poverty in 21st Century America

Paula vW. Dáil is an emerita research professor in social welfare and public policy. Widely published in the social sciences, she is a political activist, former journalist, and award-winning non-fiction writer. She lives in the Lower Wisconsin River Valley of Southwestern Wisconsin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface      Introduction—Hustling Backwards: 21st Century Poverty as It Affects American Women      The Voices of Women in Poverty      1. How Hard Hard Gets: The Struggles of Daily Life on the Bottom Rung of the Economic Ladder      2. A Man Is Not the Answer: Women and Crime      3. The Poor Get Sicker—and the Sick Get Poor      4. Arithmetic or Ovaries: Poverty and Women’s Educational Achievement      5. Last Stop on the Bus Line: The Working Life of Poor Women      6. She Ain’t Heavy—She’s My Sister: Political Will, Greed and Moral Obligation in a Free Society      Appendix—Methodology and Interview      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“a great addition to the poverty literature. Highly recommended”—Choice; “Dáil explores the uniquely difficult lives that poor American women lead”—Reference & Research Book News.