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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... religion led to near universal female marriage in China and Japan . As Watkins ( 1984 ) explains , “ In Asia , there were virtually no extenuating circumstances that excused remaining single ; in Eu- rope and the United States there ...
... religion led to near universal female marriage in China and Japan . As Watkins ( 1984 ) explains , “ In Asia , there were virtually no extenuating circumstances that excused remaining single ; in Eu- rope and the United States there ...
Page 80
... religious . By growing up in an orphanage with 200 other girls , she did not learn to keep house . She did learn that she had to take care of herself . After leaving the orphanage , she went to business school and to work . She stayed ...
... religious . By growing up in an orphanage with 200 other girls , she did not learn to keep house . She did learn that she had to take care of herself . After leaving the orphanage , she went to business school and to work . She stayed ...
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... ( number ) 19. What are their ages ? 20. What is your religion ? 21. Mother's and father's ethnicity : Eligibility Status and Summary of Initial Contact : Life Events Guide List the major events that have happened 134 Appendix.
... ( number ) 19. What are their ages ? 20. What is your religion ? 21. Mother's and father's ethnicity : Eligibility Status and Summary of Initial Contact : Life Events Guide List the major events that have happened 134 Appendix.
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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