how black mothers fought their own war on poverty
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Orleck, Annelise
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- VS 4 2005
- Thesaurus
- armoede, inkomen, zwarte vrouwen, alleenstaande moeders, acties, vrouwenorganisaties, welzijnswerk, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The author describes how Ruby Duncan, a former cotton picker turned hotel maid, led a gathering of welfare mothers, who stormed the casino hotel Caesars Palace to protest the governments decision to terminate their benefits and how this demonstration was the beginning of community economic development by welfare mothers.