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 13
... Normative events in the family life course of a married mother in- clude marriage , birth of first child , first child starts school , first child graduates from high school , first child marries , first grand- child born , 25th wedding ...
... Normative events in the family life course of a married mother in- clude marriage , birth of first child , first child starts school , first child graduates from high school , first child marries , first grand- child born , 25th wedding ...
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... NORMATIVE , DEVIANT , OR VARIANT ? The perceptions of the never - married women who felt they had led uneventful lives seem inconsistent with the tragedies , crises , and accomplishments they recounted throughout their lives . Their ...
... NORMATIVE , DEVIANT , OR VARIANT ? The perceptions of the never - married women who felt they had led uneventful lives seem inconsistent with the tragedies , crises , and accomplishments they recounted throughout their lives . Their ...
Page 132
... normative status of never- married women . The family keeper role of never - married women was essential and valued . They performed pivotal roles in maintain- ing their families of orientation . As caregivers to aging parents and ...
... normative status of never- married women . The family keeper role of never - married women was essential and valued . They performed pivotal roles in maintain- ing their families of orientation . As caregivers to aging parents and ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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