Building on Women's Strengths

Abstract

Contents * About the Editors * Contributors * Preface to the First Edition * Preface to the Second Edition * Chapter 1. Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work * Introduction * The Women's Movement and Political Change * Reality: A Social and Political Construction * Why We Still Need a Women's Agenda for Social Work * Chapter 2. Building on the Romance of Women's Innate Strengths: Social Feminism and Its Influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993 * Introduction * Social Feminism * The Henry Street Settlement * Conclusion * Chapter 3. What Is Needed for True Equality: An Overview of Policy Issues for Women * Introduction * Family, Gender and Class * Women's Employment and Economic Well-Being * Social Control of Women Through Violence * Conclusion * Chapter 4. Child Welfare As a Women's Issue: Untangling Gender, Race, and Class * Historical Perspective * Recent Trends * Women and the Child Welfare System * Implications for Social Work in the Twenty-First Century * Conclusion * Chapter 5. Women's Mental Health Issues: Twentieth-Century Realities: Twenty-First Century Challenges * Introduction * Twentieth-Century Realities--Past to Present * Contemporary Issues in Women's Mental Health: The Interplay of Systems, Structures, and Symptoms * Twenty-First Century Challenges--Present to Future * Empowered Practice in the Twenty-First Century: Ideas for Social Workers * Chapter 6. Women, Welfare, and Violence: A Look at the Family Violence Option * TANF and the Family Violence Option * The Link Between Domestic Violence and Welfare * Domestic Violence and Economic Self-Sufficiency * Implementing the Family Violence Option * Next Steps * Conclusion * Chapter 7. Promoting Reentry for Formerly Incarcerated Women: Individual and Community Practice Challenges * Introduction * Factors Contributing to Postincarceration Recidivism or Successful Reentry * Methodology * Discussion and Implications * Conclusion * Chapter 8: Supporting the Strengths of Older Women * Contemporary Practice Issues * Economic Security * Health Care * Social Interaction * Contemporary Practice Issues * Contemporary Policy Issues * Conclusion * Chapter 9. Beyond Women of Color, Welfare, and Identity Politics * Welfare Herstory: History Retold * Case Illustration: Vanessa * Beyond Race or Gender Issues * Chapter 10. Lesbians and Bisexual Women: Relevant Policy and Practice Issues * Sociocultural Context * Homophobia and Heterosexism * Coming Out and Passing * Social Policy Issues * Practice Issues * Conclusions * Chapter 11. Overturning Oppression: An Analysis of Emancipatory Change * Introduction * The Genealogy of Oppression * Hidden Dynamics of Oppression * Intimations of Emancipation * Emancipatory Change in Social Work * Concluding Thoughts * Chapter 12. Changing Women's Narratives: Taking Back the Discourse * Introduction * Story, Knowledge, and Power * Women, Language, and Story * Language and the Mental Health Professions * Implications for Practice * Index * Reference Notes Included