Reformed American Dreams
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Reformed American Dreams

Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism

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Reformed American Dreams

Welfare Mothers, Higher Education, and Activism

About this book

Reformed American Dreams explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy. Half of the participants in Sheila M. Katz's research were activists with the grassroots welfare rights organization, LIFETIME, trying to change welfare policy and to advocate for better access to higher education. Reformed American Dreams takes up their struggle to raise families, attend school, and become student activists, all while trying to escape poverty. Katz highlights mothers' experiences as they pursued higher education on welfare and became grassroots activists during the Great Recession.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Reforming the American Dream
  9. 2. Pathways onto Welfare and into College
  10. 3. Reformed Grassroots Activism
  11. 4. Survival through College
  12. 5. My Education Means Everything to Me
  13. 6. Hope and Fear during the Great Recession
  14. 7. Graduating into the Great Recession
  15. 8. An American Dream for All
  16. Afterword: Evolution of the American Dream
  17. Appendix A: Methods Appendix
  18. Appendix B: Profiles of Interview Participants in 2006
  19. Acknowledgments
  20. Notes
  21. Index
  22. About the Author