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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... Status : Normative , Deviant , or Variant ? 116 Perceptions of Being Never - Married 117 No Regrets Ambivalence 118 120 Regrets and Disappointments 122 Perceptions of Being Married 123 Summary 125 8. The Family Careers of Lifelong ...
... Status : Normative , Deviant , or Variant ? 116 Perceptions of Being Never - Married 117 No Regrets Ambivalence 118 120 Regrets and Disappointments 122 Perceptions of Being Married 123 Summary 125 8. The Family Careers of Lifelong ...
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... status of never- married was peculiar to them . The tension between marriage norms and actual life course expe- rience was evident in their quotations . A woman was supposed to be a wife and a mother . All these women knew unmarried ...
... status of never- married was peculiar to them . The tension between marriage norms and actual life course expe- rience was evident in their quotations . A woman was supposed to be a wife and a mother . All these women knew unmarried ...
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... status of being never - married was not valued . Three findings suggest the devaluation of never - married status . First , the widows did not perceive similarities between their lives and never - married women's lives . They viewed ...
... status of being never - married was not valued . Three findings suggest the devaluation of never - married status . First , the widows did not perceive similarities between their lives and never - married women's lives . They viewed ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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