Abstract
This article is a study of the mothers' pension programs in Michigan from 1913 to 1928, based both on published data and on unpublished case records from Allegan County, Michigan. The records from Allegan County provide insight into the functioning of a rural pension program at the local level. Since almost all of the literature on mothers' pensions is based on studies of urban areas, this research adds a needed perspective. It also shows that agricultural counties in Michigan seem to have been more liberal in their interpretation of pension laws than Michigan counties dominated by large cities. These findings question early twentieth-century social workers' uniformly negative assessments of rural mothers' pension programs.
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