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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... family can be viewed as a unit of individuals whose personal careers are ... family , friendship , health , resi- dential , and work . Interdependence and the ... orientation and the family of procreation within a broader context of ...
... family can be viewed as a unit of individuals whose personal careers are ... family , friendship , health , resi- dential , and work . Interdependence and the ... orientation and the family of procreation within a broader context of ...
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... family's solution to parental loss was not in their best interest . Feelings ... family needs con- flicted . The purpose of the familistic ideology was to ... Orientation Together To illustrate the operation of the familistic ideology ...
... family's solution to parental loss was not in their best interest . Feelings ... family needs con- flicted . The purpose of the familistic ideology was to ... Orientation Together To illustrate the operation of the familistic ideology ...
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... Family composition was a major factor in the experience of marrying on schedule , as shown in Table 5.2 . None of the widows were the last born child in their families of orientation , yet 5 never - married women were . The widows ...
... Family composition was a major factor in the experience of marrying on schedule , as shown in Table 5.2 . None of the widows were the last born child in their families of orientation , yet 5 never - married women were . The widows ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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