Nobody's burden: lessons from the Great Depression on the struggle for old-age security

Studying the 'burden' of age : the work of the Hannan Archival Research Group / Ruth E. Ray

Public response to the needs of old people / Thomas B. Jankowski

Private responses to the needs of old people / Ruth E. Ray

Client sketches

The multiple roles of social workers in the Great Depression / Faith P. Hopp and Nancy Thornton

Resisting dependence and burden : on refusing to become a 'little old lady' / Donyale R. Griffin Padgett and Shu-hui Sophy Cheng

Privileged but pensioned? How two formerly well-off women experienced receiving aid / Chasity Bailey-Fakhoury and Heather E. Dillaway

What is held dear : personhood and material culture in old age / Sherylyn H. Briller and Mary E. Durocher

Race, class, gender and the social construction of "burden" in old age / Toni Calasanti and Jill Harrison

The haunting fear : narrative burdens in the Great Depression / Janet L. Langlois and Mary E. Durocher

Reflections on ageism : perspectives of a septuagenarian on the avoidance of burdenhood / Elizabeth Edson Chapleski

The continuing struggle for old-age security / Toni Calasanti

Toward a future when we truly care for old people / Ruth E. Ray

From charity to care / Ruth E. Ray.