Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older WomenThis important qualitative study illuminates lifelong single women's contributions to family development in relation to their widowed peers. Allen examines the social and historical contexts of the women's childhoods, their experiences as young adults and the processes leading to their being single or married. Midlife variations in family caregiving experiences and the meaning of being single in old age are also discussed. |
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Although their education , employment , and literary abilities were unique among women of their era ( born in 1780-1840 ) , the themes identified in their writing signaled a new wave of thinking about women's independence .
Although their education , employment , and literary abilities were unique among women of their era ( born in 1780-1840 ) , the themes identified in their writing signaled a new wave of thinking about women's independence .
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Thinking about women : Sociological perspectives on sex and gender ( 2nd . ed . ) . New York : Macmillian . Baker , L. G. ( 1968 ) . The personal and social adjustment of the never - married woman . Journal of Marriage and the Family ...
Thinking about women : Sociological perspectives on sex and gender ( 2nd . ed . ) . New York : Macmillian . Baker , L. G. ( 1968 ) . The personal and social adjustment of the never - married woman . Journal of Marriage and the Family ...
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Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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| Title | Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older Women Volume 907 of New Perspectives on the Family |
| Author | Katherine R. Allen |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0803928041, 9780803928046 |
| Length | 149 pages |
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