Reformed American Dreams(English, Paperback, Katz Sheila M.)

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Reformed American Dreams(English, Paperback, Katz Sheila M.) is written by Katz Sheila M. and published by Rutgers University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0813594340 (ISBN 10) and 9780813594347 (ISBN 13).

Reformed American Dreams explores the experiences of low-income single mothers who pursued higher education while on welfare after the 1996 welfare reforms. This research occurred in an area where grassroots activism by and for mothers on welfare in higher education was directly able to affect the implementation of public policy. Half of the participants in Sheila M. Katz's research were activists with the grassroots welfare rights organization, LIFETIME, trying to change welfare policy and to advocate for better access to higher education. Reformed American Dreams takes up their struggle to raise families, attend school, and become student activists, all while trying to escape poverty. Katz highlights mothers' experiences as they pursued higher education on welfare and became grassroots activists during the Great Recession.