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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... Lifelong Single Women in Context 127 Singlehood and Family Survival 127 Integrating Lifelong Single Women and Family Development 128 The Interdependence of Women and Their Families 129 Family Keeping and Family Extension 130 Individual ...
... Lifelong Single Women in Context 127 Singlehood and Family Survival 127 Integrating Lifelong Single Women and Family Development 128 The Interdependence of Women and Their Families 129 Family Keeping and Family Extension 130 Individual ...
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... lifelong companions ( i.e. , mothers ) just as widows outlived their husbands . They shared the experience , with the exception of one never - married woman , of caring for children in some variation of a mothering role . In caring for ...
... lifelong companions ( i.e. , mothers ) just as widows outlived their husbands . They shared the experience , with the exception of one never - married woman , of caring for children in some variation of a mothering role . In caring for ...
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... lifelong caregiving roles of widowed and never - married women from the same birth cohort . Family Keeping and Family Extension At the group level , marital status differentiated their lives by focusing their caregiving on two distinct ...
... lifelong caregiving roles of widowed and never - married women from the same birth cohort . Family Keeping and Family Extension At the group level , marital status differentiated their lives by focusing their caregiving on two distinct ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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