The Origins of the Welfare State J. Michael Ryan For anybody thinking of entering

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The Origins of the Welfare State J. Michael Ryan For anybody thinking of enteringIn May 1790, the French National Assembly created spinning workshops (ateliers de filature) for thousands of unemployed women in Paris. These ateliers disclose new aspects of the process which transformed Old Regime charity into revolutionary welfare initiatives characterized by secularization, centralization, and entitlements based on citizenship. This study is the first to examine women and the welfare state in its formative period at a time when