Dear self : a year in the life of a welfare mother /

Mitchell, Richelene, d. 1975.

Dear self : a year in the life of a welfare mother / Richelene Mitchell ; foreword by Zaid Shakir ; introduction by Melanie Mitchell. - Hayward, CA : NID Publishers, c2007. - xv, 426 p. 22 cm. +

Though this penetrating journal was written more than 30 years ago, Mitchell's experience with and intricate insights into the reality faced by an expanding American underclass are as relevant today as they were then. She sheds an informing and penetrating light on race relations, poverty, mothering, gender relations, and many other pertinent issues. www.alibris.com

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