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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... expectations that life was hard . Chapter Five focuses on the experiences of the never- married women and widows as young adults and the processes lead- ing to singlehood , delayed marriage , and early marriage . Chapter Six examines ...
... expectations that life was hard . Chapter Five focuses on the experiences of the never- married women and widows as young adults and the processes lead- ing to singlehood , delayed marriage , and early marriage . Chapter Six examines ...
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... expectations to work hard , the familistic ideology , and firsthand ex- periences of dependency on kin and welfare institutions . THE FAMILY INHERITANCE : MARGINALITY AND HARD WORK Awareness of Ethnic Heritage At the turn of the century ...
... expectations to work hard , the familistic ideology , and firsthand ex- periences of dependency on kin and welfare institutions . THE FAMILY INHERITANCE : MARGINALITY AND HARD WORK Awareness of Ethnic Heritage At the turn of the century ...
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... expectations . Nearly 94 % of women in this cohort eventually wed , attesting to the almost compulsory na- ture of marriage for women in the 20th century ( Glick , 1977 ) . But what of the more than 6 % who did not ? Typically , they ...
... expectations . Nearly 94 % of women in this cohort eventually wed , attesting to the almost compulsory na- ture of marriage for women in the 20th century ( Glick , 1977 ) . But what of the more than 6 % who did not ? Typically , they ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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