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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... getting to be too much for my mother , and I would think that at her stage in her life at that time , she needed to get away . And so she would be with her friends once in a while .... We have never talked about it . She just left . She ...
... getting to be too much for my mother , and I would think that at her stage in her life at that time , she needed to get away . And so she would be with her friends once in a while .... We have never talked about it . She just left . She ...
Page 69
... getting married DELAYED MARRIAGE , Ages 26-30 : I was needed at home I was enjoying the single life Total 10 7 3 5 4 1 THE PROCESS OF NOT GETTING MARRIED : My mother needed me I had to take care of myself Broken hearts I had other ...
... getting married DELAYED MARRIAGE , Ages 26-30 : I was needed at home I was enjoying the single life Total 10 7 3 5 4 1 THE PROCESS OF NOT GETTING MARRIED : My mother needed me I had to take care of myself Broken hearts I had other ...
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... getting through school . Then it seemed that every- body was getting married , and I was still plodding along , but then after a while , when I got out and was doing baby work , I found out I wasn't as stupid as I was painted .... I ...
... getting through school . Then it seemed that every- body was getting married , and I was still plodding along , but then after a while , when I got out and was doing baby work , I found out I wasn't as stupid as I was painted .... I ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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