Palabras clave
Poor Law
gender
women
1930s
children
Parochial Boards
Imperial Institutions
Jamaica
Resumen
Los inspectores del Sistema de Asistencia a la Pobreza de Jamaica se encargaban de supervisar y administrar ayuda para los solicitantes. Estos funcionarios representaban a las juntas de las parroquias y protegían los intereses financieros del gobierno, mientras que representaban los intereses de dichos solicitantes. A través de sus interacciones cotidianas, estos inspectores desarrollaban un criterio de pobreza que utilizaban para identificar a aquellas personas que se aprovechaban de
las deficiencias del sistema. En mayo de 1932, el inspector D. Phillips, avisó a un funcionario de la corporación de Kingston y St. Andrew que dos mujeres habían intentado estafar a la Oficina de Asistencia a la Pobreza. Utilizando los archivos de la corporación, exploro los conflictos entre estos inspectores y los pobres y especialmente las mujeres pobres para determinar las maneras en las que estas mujeres negociaron la burocracia del sistema de ayuda a los pobres en Jamaica. También planteo que los archivos del sistema de ayuda para los pobres funcionan como recurso importante para investigar la pobreza, la familia y la niñez.
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