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 53
... girls went to keep house for wealthy families . One of them was a cook in the first old ladies home here , and the other one went to the hop fields . Another one worked in the knitting mill . There were a whole lot of them that were ...
... girls went to keep house for wealthy families . One of them was a cook in the first old ladies home here , and the other one went to the hop fields . Another one worked in the knitting mill . There were a whole lot of them that were ...
Page 54
... girls in large families was similar , as 2 widows and 1 never - married woman , respectively , reveal in the ... girl , you darn well better , even with a big stick , you're going to do the cleaning , help with the wash and with the ...
... girls in large families was similar , as 2 widows and 1 never - married woman , respectively , reveal in the ... girl , you darn well better , even with a big stick , you're going to do the cleaning , help with the wash and with the ...
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... girls . I've gone with a girl who called me this morning , and I remember when she was young , and she had to ask her husband to give her a little change . And that used to burn me up , that she had no money , so I would pay the checks ...
... girls . I've gone with a girl who called me this morning , and I remember when she was young , and she had to ask her husband to give her a little change . And that used to burn me up , that she had no money , so I would pay the checks ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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