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title	:	Women Reformed, Women Empowered : Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start Women in the Political Economy
author	:	Ames, Lynda J.; Ellsworth, Jeanne
publisher	:	Temple University Press
isbn10 | asin	:	1566394937
print isbn13	:	9781566394932
ebook isbn13	:	9780585364193
language	:	English
subject	Poor women--Services for--New York (State) , Head Start programs--New York (State) , Head Start Program (U.S.)
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	HV1446.N5A54 1997eb
ddc	:	362.83/8
subject	:	Poor women--Services for--New York (State) , Head Start programs--New York (State) , Head Start Program (U.S.)

Page i Women Reformed, Women Empowered

Page ii IN THE SERIES WOMEN IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg

Page iii Women Reformed, Women Empowered Poor Mothers and the Endangered Promise of Head Start Lynda J. Ames with Jeanne Ellsworth

Page iv TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS, PHILADELPHIA 19122 Copyright 1997 by Temple University All rights reserved Published 1997 Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984 Text design by Gary Gore Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ames, Lynda J. Women reformed, women empowered : poor mothers and the endangered promise of Head Stat / Lynda J. Ames with Jeanne Ellsworth. p. cm. (Women in the political ecomony) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56639-492-9 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 1-56639-493-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Poor womenServices forNew York (State) 2. Head Start programsNew York (State) 3. Head Start Program (U.S.) I. Ellsworth, Jeanne, 1951- . II. Title. III. Series. HV1446.N5A54 1997 362.83'8-dc20 96-20537

Page v To Winnie. To Wendy. To strong women everywhere.

Page vii CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Part One: Introduction 1 Prelude: The North Country 3 2 Two Wars on Poverty 19 Part Two: Women Reformed 3 Taking Control of Everyday Life 39 4 Making Good Work 71 5 The American Dream 97 Part Three: Women Empowered 6 Power and Ceremony 121 7 The Bureaucratization of North Country Head Start 142 8 Defiance... and Withdrawal 167 9 Devotion, Social Class, and the Union 190 10 The Limits on/of Empowerment: What Is to Be Done? 214 References 235 Index 247

Page ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We must thank, first and foremost, the women and men of North Country Head Start in upstate New York. These are people who let us into their homes, drove out of their way to meet us, took time from hectic schedules, shared their stories and a part of their lives with us. We thank them, one and all. This research was initiated by Jeanne Ellsworth. For reasons detailed in Chapter One, I (Lynda J. Ames) soon took the public lead, though Jeanne remained active backstage. When it came time to write this book, Jeanne's Other responsibilities in life left her too little of that precious commodity, time. I took over the writing (and rewriting). Jeanne continued to read drafts and discuss ideas and analyses. Though the writing is primarily mine, this project has been and is very much jointly authored. During all of 1994, I was on leave because of a special program jointly administered by our union, United University Professions (UUP), and the State of New Yorkthe Nuala McGann Drescher Affirmative Action Leave Award. When Dr. Drescher was statewide president of UUP, she initiated this leave program to promote the tenure success of women, men of color, persons with disabilities, and Vietnam-era veterans. That leave gave me time away from the rigors and excitement of teaching to drive all over the North Country to talk with people in their communities, to observe Head Start centers, to transcribe notes, and to make sense of it all. I fear that in these conservative fiscal times, this program may be lost to us, and I will deeply regret that loss. Now, of all times, we need a multitude of voices in the academy; we cannot afford to revert, by default or design, to a narrow range of elite experiences and expression.

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