Motherhood, Poverty, and the WIC Program in Urban America
Morrissey, Suzanne![Motherhood, Poverty, and the WIC Program in Urban America](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/232/23284121/CHSBZCOP0323284121.jpg)
The study presented here is one of urban poverty, household survival, and social institutions that both enable and control the decision-making of poor women in America. First and foremost, it is about a public health program, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known more commonly as WIC, and how the institution re-inscribes persistent stereotypes of the urban poor on the women it eagerly wishes to serv...