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Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people

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Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people
Abstract
Amid rising unemployment, inflation and poverty in the 1830s, Philadelphia taxpayers believed welfare scammers were bleeding coffers dry. Poor lists from 1829 show they were wrong.
Website Title
The Conversation
Date
2024-06-13
URL
http://theconversation.com/philadelphias-200-year-old-disability-records-show-welfare-reform-movements-early-shift-toward-rationing-care-and-punishing-poor-people-231213
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02/07/2024, 02:20
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English
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Disability Rights
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United States of America
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Schroeder, N. L. (2024, June 13). Philadelphia’s 200-year-old disability records show welfare reform movement’s early shift toward rationing care and punishing poor people. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/philadelphias-200-year-old-disability-records-show-welfare-reform-movements-early-shift-toward-rationing-care-and-punishing-poor-people-231213
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https://rightsandrecords.ica.org/bib/YPBF8VXG