Law for The Poor

1957: June/July -- The Extent of Minimum Wage Coverage
1950: August/September -- Debate Topic/Resolved "That the American People
Should Reject the Welfare State"
1945: November -- Should Congress Pass the Pepper Minimum Wage Increase
Bill?
1936: November -- The Question of Fixing a Minimum Wage for American
Industry
1931: February -- Congress Considers a New Maternity & Infancy Bill
1923: March -- The Sheppard-Towner Maternity Act Before the Courts
1921: October -- The "Maternity Bill"; November -- The Fess-Kenyon Public
Welfare Department Bill
Historical Statistics of the United States
Chapter Be -- Economic Inequality and Poverty
Poverty Essay (27 pages)
Poverty Lines (9 tables), e.g.,
o Minimum subsistence budgets and poverty lines,
by family size, 1908-1963
o Weighted-average official poverty thresholds and
selected alternative poverty lines, by family size, 1947-1999
Characteristics of the Poverty Population (8 tables), e.g.,
o Families below poverty threshold, by family type and the sex,
race, and Hispanic origin of the household head, 1959-1999
o Persons age 65 or older below poverty threshold,
by race and Hispanic origin, 1959-1999
Historical Statistics of the United States (Cambridge) (1600-2000)
U.S. Resources -- 1789-1980
U.S. Congressional Serial Set and American State Papers
American State Papers, 1789-1838 (Readex)
U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980 (Readex)
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