The End of Welfare
When Congress ended AFDC and replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, LuAnne St. Clair wondered how she and her five children would fare. Like other welfare recipients, American Indian mothers faced the challenges of acquiring job training and child care so they could find employment. But Indian women also confronted a dearth of jobs on reservations, to which they had strong family, cultural, and religious ties. AP/Wide World.