Welfare and the Poor in the Nineteenth-century City: Philadelphia, 1800-1854Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1985 - 223 pages The changes in the relative importance of humanitarianism, social control, and economy in the Philadelphia welfare system from 1800 to 1854 are examined by the author in regard to the management of public outdoor relief, indoor aid in the Alms-house, public and private assistance to needy children, and private charitable aid to impoverished adults. |
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The City and Its Poor | 24 |
Evolution of the PublicWelfare System | 38 |
Outdoor Relief Public Assistance to the Poor in Their Own Homes | 67 |
The Almshouse Home to the Homeless Hospital and Factory | 82 |
Children and Welfare | 118 |
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Page 17 - And therefore was it she was sent Abroad to beg for bread. We saw a woman sitting down Upon a stone to rest ; She had a baby at her back, And another at her breast.
Page 17 - • AND wherefore do the Poor complain ? " The Rich Man asked of me : " Come walk abroad with me," I said, " And I will answer thee." 'Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold ; And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet we were a-cold. We met an old, bareheaded man ; His locks were thin and white : I asked him what he did abroad In that cold winter's night.
Page 17 - Twas bitter keen, indeed, he said, But at home no fire had he,' And therefore he had come abroad To ask for charity. We met a young barefooted child, And she begg'd loud and bold ; I asked her what she did abroad, When the wind it blew so cold.