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Poor Mothers' Rights to Education: Access and Support for Post-Secondary Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States.

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  • Title: Poor Mothers' Rights to Education: Access and Support for Post-Secondary Education in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the United States.
  • Author : Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
  • Release Date : January 22, 2007
  • Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 307 KB

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Poor Mothers' Rights to Education In 2001, five years after the "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act" (PRWORA), commonly known as welfare reform, and in the context of increasing economic disparities in the United States, I interviewed women receiving social welfare benefits in order to compare access to post-secondary education in Massachusetts, U.S.A. and Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand. At the same time, Jane Swift, the acting Republican Governor of Massachusetts, earned her place in history by being the first governor to give birth while in office. The fact that she was having twins added to the publicity surrounding this event, as did the decision to hospitalize her before the babies were due. Swift's plans to conduct meetings--especially Governor's Council meetings--from her hospital bed were greeted by strong resistance by some Republicans and Democrats in state government, and by some members of the public. The disproportionate amount of publicity surrounding the event reflected how attitudes and beliefs about women, motherhood, family, and work--and race, class, and ethnicity--infuse policy decisions and remain complex and contested. Traditionalists argued that Swift should be home with her children; others cited her right to choose, and others (working mothers) wistfully noted the supports she had in place: a stay-at-home husband who had been taking care of their first daughter; a well-paid job including health-care benefits (although not necessarily job security); housing, and the support of her extended family.


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