Do you live in a fantasy bubble? Churches did not have money to support all these women??? Women were busy in those days taking care of kids NO Microwaves, No Automatic washing machines they needed money SUPPORT not LOVE for heaven sake, Yeah it was tough!
Churches supported them with food and connections to people who needed their services.
If they had homeless people in the community, people were of much greater character and would stay with friends or move in with other family.
Home ownership and living with only one family under a roof is a recent deal and more people were not professionals and were renting with several people in the past.
No one even back then had to starve or go without a roof over their head.
There were some shelters as well.
The mothers, and grandmothers like today that were alive helped out as well.
People IMO had closer family ties back them with less TV and computers.