University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1995 Private values, public policy, and poverty in America, 1890-1940. Margaret, Orelup University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Orelup, Margaret,, "Private values, public policy, and poverty in America, 1890-1940." (1995). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1221. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/1221 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PRIVATE VALUES, PUBLIC POLICY, AND POVERTY IN AMERICA, 1890-1940 A Dissertation Presented by MARGARET ORELUP Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY September 1995 Department of History Copyright by Margaret Orelup All Rights Reserved PRIVATE VALUES, PUBLIC POLICY, AND POVERTY IN AMERICA, 1890-1940 A Dissertation Presented by MARGARET ORELUP Approved as to style and content by: Bruce Laurie, Chair Pa [ila Baker , Member Kathy Peiss', Member Nancy Folpre, Member Bruce Laurie, Department Head History Department Anton and Victor ABSTRACT PRIVATE VALUES, PUBLIC POLICY AND POVERTY IN AMERICA, 1890-1940 SEPTEMBER 1995 MARGARET ORELUP, B.A., BUTLER UNIVERSITY M.A. , THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Ph.D., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST Directed by: Professor Bruce Laurie Recent welfare histories highlighting reformers, bureaucrats, and recipients of aid have added immeasurably to our understanding of welfare policy formation, but have ignored the extent to which the parameters of change were set by public opinion.