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Linda Gordon

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Publications

60

Citations

6.4K

H-Index

32

Active since

1973

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Madison(Current)

Linda Gordon is an author at University of Wisconsin–Madison specializing in social sciences, gender studies, and sociology.

Top concepts

Social SciencesGenderSociologyFeminist TheoryFeminist ScholarshipSocial JusticeSocial PolicyWomen StudiesFeminist Political TheoryPublic Policy

Publications per year

1973–2016

60

Publications

60

A Genealogy of Dependency: Tracing a Keyword of the U.S. Welfare State

Nancy Fraser, Linda Gordon · Signs · 1994 · 1.2K citations

Public Policy, Welfare State, Public Welfare +9

Pitied but not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare

Myra Marx Ferree, Linda Gordon, Jill Quadagno · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 817 citations

Poor Families, Public Welfare, Education +21

Gender and the Politics of History.

Linda Gordon, Joan Wallach Scott · The American Historical Review · 1990 · 362 citations

Gender Identity, Gender Theory, Feminist Research +7

Pitied but not Entitled: Single Mothers and the History of Welfare

Dorothy E. Roberts, Linda Gordon, Jill Quadagno · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 320 citations

Social Inequality, Single Mothers, Public Welfare +11

Heroes of Their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence

Diana Gittins, Linda Gordon · Feminist Review · 1992 · 290 citations

Violence Against Women, Homicide, Sociology +6

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