Laboring to Learn: Women's Literacy and Poverty in the Post-Welfare Era »

Lorna Rivera is an associate professor of sociology and community studies in the College of Public and Community Service at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

The struggle for literacy, education, and employment for women during welfare reform.

Introduction 1

1 Framing the Blame and Gain 13

2 Hope on Magnolia Street 31

3 Mothering in the War Years 51

4 Around the Round Table 75

5 Women of Strength 95

6 Learning to Labor, Laboring to Learn 113

Epilogue: An Unfinished Conversation 137

Appendix Notes on Methodology 141

Notes 147

References 151

Index 171