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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... brothers did all that mason work up at the university on the older buildings . The three of them used to walk up there ... brother getting up early and the milkman would come and pick him up and they would deliver milk . He would peddle ...
... brothers did all that mason work up at the university on the older buildings . The three of them used to walk up there ... brother getting up early and the milkman would come and pick him up and they would deliver milk . He would peddle ...
Page 78
... brother was married , and my other brother was in school , so I was elected . ... I was single , so naturally she lived with me . . I just took care of her . I made sure she had enough money to get along . Three of the women who stayed ...
... brother was married , and my other brother was in school , so I was elected . ... I was single , so naturally she lived with me . . I just took care of her . I made sure she had enough money to get along . Three of the women who stayed ...
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... brother was a jailbird . Anybody that would come out and ask for money to get his brother out of jail , that is where I draw the line . Second , they viewed the life of a married woman with children as different from their own . They ...
... brother was a jailbird . Anybody that would come out and ask for money to get his brother out of jail , that is where I draw the line . Second , they viewed the life of a married woman with children as different from their own . They ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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