Women, work, and poverty : women centered research for policy change / Heidi Hartmann, editor.

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of women, politics & policy, volume 27, numbers 3/4 2005."

Works presented at the Seventh International Women's Policy Research Conference, 'Women Working to Make a Difference, ' held in Washington, DC, in 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

* Introduction (Heidi Hartmann) * MARRIAGE, WORK, POVERTY, AND CHILDREN * The Changing Impact of Marriage, Motherhood and Work on Women's Poverty (Hilarie Lieb and Susan Thistle) * Anti-Discrimination vs. Anti-Poverty? A Comparison of Pay Equity and Living Wage Reforms (Pamela Stone and Arielle Kuperberg) * Getting Beyond the Training vs. Work Experience Debate: The Role of Labor Markets, Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Community Resources in Long-Term Poverty (Jo Anne Schneider) * Welfare Status and Child Care as Obstacles to Full-Time Work for Low-Income Mothers (Julie Press, Janice Johnson-Dias, and Jay Fagan) * Challenges Faced by Women with Disabilities Under TANF (Mary Kay Schleiter, Anne Statham, and Teresa Reinders) * The Work-Family Time Binds of Low-Income Mothers: Nurse Aides Struggle to Care (Peggy Kahn) * ADVANCING WOMEN OF COLOR * When the Spirit Blooms: Acquiring Higher Education in the Context of Welfare Reform (Avis A. Jones-DeWeever) * Policy Implications of Supporting Women of Color in the Sciences (Angela Johnson) * The Production of the Female Entrepreneurial Subject: A Space of Exclusion for Women of Color? (Melanie Knight) * INCOME AND INCOME SECURITY * The Ability of Women to Repay Debt After Divorce (Jonathan Fisher and Angela Lyons) * Women's Job Loss and Material Hardship (Vicky Lovell and Gi-Taik Oh) * Who Gets What? Gender Differences in "Spendable" Income (Tamara Ohler and Nancy Folbre) * About the Contributors * Index * Reference Notes Included

Presents information on women living at or below the poverty level and the changes that need to be made in public policy to allow them to rise above their economic hardships. Including in-depth interviews, focus groups, small-scale surveys and analysis of personnel records, this book explores different aspects of women's poverty.