Be sure to only use direct quotes from Theda Skocpols book Social Policy in the United States and citations to fully support your argument by ONLY using the Introduction through Chapter Four of this book. Theda Skocpol argues that gender greatly influenced Americas early efforts are forming social policy in the early 20th Century. Consider the influence of gender on the creation of welfare policy prior to the Social Security Act and compare those early welfare policies with the issue of social insurance. How does gender influence these two approaches? How is the nature of work and dependency defined by gender and how is it reflected in the social security act? Do gendered ideas about work and dependency create a permanent split in the United States social policy between social welfare and social insurance?
