Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older WomenSAGE Publications, 1989 M07 1 - 152 pages This 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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... Becoming independent was described either in behavioral terms as an event or role change , or in psychic terms as an inner transformation where a woman felt she had become different . For example , the death of a spouse or a parent in ...
... Becoming independent was described either in behavioral terms as an event or role change , or in psychic terms as an inner transformation where a woman felt she had become different . For example , the death of a spouse or a parent in ...
Page 68
... Becoming Married In becoming young adults , the women in the study began to differentiate . The members of one group ... become more distinct from the never - married group until middle age , after their marriages were well underway ...
... Becoming Married In becoming young adults , the women in the study began to differentiate . The members of one group ... become more distinct from the never - married group until middle age , after their marriages were well underway ...
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... become too independent . Although these 3 women felt they missed out on not having their own children , they were engaged in the lives of their nieces and nephews . Ultimately , they felt they were better off than their ever- married ...
... become too independent . Although these 3 women felt they missed out on not having their own children , they were engaged in the lives of their nieces and nephews . Ultimately , they felt they were better off than their ever- married ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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