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 90
... perceived her life as one of conscious choices - not to marry , to delay employment while caring for younger ... perceived the bargain she struck with her mother to be her natural place , and she perceived her life as very rewarding ...
... perceived her life as one of conscious choices - not to marry , to delay employment while caring for younger ... perceived the bargain she struck with her mother to be her natural place , and she perceived her life as very rewarding ...
Page 125
... perceived them as old maids or bereft of family . Even the never - married women knew what it was like to live with and care for others , including children , but several still romanticized how differ- ent their own family life could ...
... perceived them as old maids or bereft of family . Even the never - married women knew what it was like to live with and care for others , including children , but several still romanticized how differ- ent their own family life could ...
Page 132
... perceive themselves as old maids . While few never - married women labeled themselves as such , 7 perceived they led dull , uneventful lives , but they did not perceive themselves as old maids . Thus , they did not identify with this ...
... perceive themselves as old maids . While few never - married women labeled themselves as such , 7 perceived they led dull , uneventful lives , but they did not perceive themselves as old maids . Thus , they did not identify with this ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
Copyright | |
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