Brent Ruswick: 1 book
Almost Worthy
The Poor, Paupers, and the Science of Charity in America, 1877-1917
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
In the 1880s, social reform leaders warned that the "unworthy" poor were taking charitable relief intended for the truly deserving. Armed with statistics and confused notions of evolution, these "scientific charity" reformers founded organizations intent on limiting access to relief by the most morally,...
