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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... described the changes her family went through to support themselves . She was the youngest of five children . When her father died , her mother went on welfare at first , but then got a job on a farm : She went on the farm picking hops ...
... described the changes her family went through to support themselves . She was the youngest of five children . When her father died , her mother went on welfare at first , but then got a job on a farm : She went on the farm picking hops ...
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... described growing up in unhappy homes with fathers who were cruel or distant . One old- est daughter of four children described how her social life was re- stricted by her father . She began to date her husband at age 17 , grad- uated ...
... described growing up in unhappy homes with fathers who were cruel or distant . One old- est daughter of four children described how her social life was re- stricted by her father . She began to date her husband at age 17 , grad- uated ...
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... described by the widows , as shown in Table 6.2 . In the first pattern , 8 women maintained what they considered a " good marriage . " In the second pattern , by the time 3 women were age 52 , their husbands had died , and they became ...
... described by the widows , as shown in Table 6.2 . In the first pattern , 8 women maintained what they considered a " good marriage . " In the second pattern , by the time 3 women were age 52 , their husbands had died , and they became ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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