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开 本: 16开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780807050316
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In Storming Caesars Palace, historian Annelise Orleck tells
the compelling story of how a group of welfare mothers built one of
this country’s most successful antipoverty programs. Declaring “We
can do it and do it better,” these women proved that poor mothers
are the real experts on poverty. In 1972 they founded Operation
Life, which was responsible for many firsts for the poor in Las
Vegas-the first library, medical center, daycare center, job
training, and senior citizen housing. By the late 1970s, Operation
Life was bringing millions of dollars into the community. These
women became influential in Washington, DC-respected and listened
to by political heavyweights such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ted
Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter. Though they lost their funding with the
country’s move toward conservatism in the 1980s, their struggles
and phenomenal triumphs still stand as a critical lesson about what
can be achieved when those on welfare chart their own course.
the compelling story of how a group of welfare mothers built one of
this country’s most successful antipoverty programs. Declaring “We
can do it and do it better,” these women proved that poor mothers
are the real experts on poverty. In 1972 they founded Operation
Life, which was responsible for many firsts for the poor in Las
Vegas-the first library, medical center, daycare center, job
training, and senior citizen housing. By the late 1970s, Operation
Life was bringing millions of dollars into the community. These
women became influential in Washington, DC-respected and listened
to by political heavyweights such as Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Ted
Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter. Though they lost their funding with the
country’s move toward conservatism in the 1980s, their struggles
and phenomenal triumphs still stand as a critical lesson about what
can be achieved when those on welfare chart their own course.
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