mothers who had!
             been widowed or deserted by their husbands to stay at home and raise their children.
             However, much has changed since 1935. In fact, society's view of women and motherhood is one of the areas that has come the farthest. No longer are single mothers pitied for their predicament. Instead they are blamed for getting pregnant too soon and for having babies that they knew they could not afford. No longer are women expected to stay home with their children. Instead they are urged to go to work in order to provide for their children and become better role models. Those women who claim that it is too hard to work and raise children are often scorned by the many single professional mothers in America, most of whom are products of the country's increasing divorce rate. Unfortunately, while society may have come a long way since 1935, until last year, welfare had barely changed at all. How long could a program aimed at keeping women at home survive in a society that was pushing women out of the house?
             The answer was not very long. Other than a
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