Article Title
Whatever Happened to G.I. Jane?: Citizenship, Gender, and Social Policy in the Postwar Era
Abstract
In this Article, it is argued that the GI Bill is consistent with the social welfare policies of the New Deal period, in particular the Social Security Act of 1935, and so should be examined within the analytical framework established by scholars like Linda Gordon and Theda Skocpol in their studies of the Social Security Act's social welfare programs. Although the Bill is gender-neutral on its face, it was framed by normative assumptions about military participation and work that ensured that it was socially understood to benefit male veterans.
Recommended Citation
Melissa E. Murray,
Whatever Happened to G.I. Jane?: Citizenship, Gender, and Social Policy in the Postwar Era,
9
Mich. J. Gender & L.
91
(2002).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjgl/vol9/iss1/2
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