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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Page 55
... didn't understand . She discussed the lack of explanation about her mother's multiple pregnancies and her sister's hysterectomy : We didn't know what pregnant was . We didn't know that she was going to have a baby the next day , and we ...
... didn't understand . She discussed the lack of explanation about her mother's multiple pregnancies and her sister's hysterectomy : We didn't know what pregnant was . We didn't know that she was going to have a baby the next day , and we ...
Page 56
... didn't know any different ... and my sister is 4 years older than I am , but she never told me a thing . . . . I had to find out for myself . I put two and two together , like when I saw the paper and I saw the birth record . I figured ...
... didn't know any different ... and my sister is 4 years older than I am , but she never told me a thing . . . . I had to find out for myself . I put two and two together , like when I saw the paper and I saw the birth record . I figured ...
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... didn't need my own . A marriage doesn't solve everything in life . No , I didn't need it . The only never - married woman without surrogate children thought of herself as childish because she spent many years at home with her parents ...
... didn't need my own . A marriage doesn't solve everything in life . No , I didn't need it . The only never - married woman without surrogate children thought of herself as childish because she spent many years at home with her parents ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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