This makes it so that my margins aren’t actually one inch all around. Look at the image on the right and how MS Word adjusts the text with the default “Widow/Orphan Control On.” One result is that the bottom of the previous page is left with a bigger white space than normal. You see that poor little thing down there and say, “Oh my, those other lines just dropped you off and left you here.”Įxamples of each are shown in the image. You have been left to go on all by your lonesome.”Īn “orphan” is when the first line of a paragraph appears alone at the bottom of a page. Some of them are usage of tracking option but better oneThe.
This flaw can be corrected in several ways. You look at that lonely line up there and say, “Oh, you poor dear. Typographic widows and orphans are common mistake seen in numerous magazine publications. Bottom line: to get one inch margins (no extra white space gaps) on every page, you want to see widows and orphans, so you’ll have to uncheck the Widow/Orphan Control option in MS Word.Ī “widow” is what you get when the last line of a paragraph appears alone at the top of a page. Well, I’ve tracked down the problem and thought I’d share. In this unique comparative study of widows' welfare and family economy, Jay Kleinberg examines the role of children in society and the development of social welfare policy for widows.I entered a first chapter contest last year and received a comment that mentioned how my disregard for Widows/Orphans left gaps of white space in my submission. In the border city of Baltimore, which had a large African American population and a diverse economy that relied on inexpensive child and female labor, funds for public services were limited, and African Americans tended to establish their own charitable institutions. In Pittsburgh, where few jobs were available for women or children-and where jobs for men were in "widowmaking" industries such as steel and railroading-the city's charitable establishments were more sympathetic. _x000B_In Fall River, Massachusetts, employment was regarded as the solution to widows' poverty, so public charitable expenditure was drastically limited.
Widows and Orphans First investigates the importance of local economies and values in the origins of the welfare state through an exploration of widows' lives in three industrial American cities with widely differing economic, ethnic, and racial bases.
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