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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... thought was appendicitis first , and then it wasn't . They thought she had - they called it dis- eased ovaries — and they removed both of her ovaries so she was never able to have children . ... When she came home to recuper- ate , she ...
... thought was appendicitis first , and then it wasn't . They thought she had - they called it dis- eased ovaries — and they removed both of her ovaries so she was never able to have children . ... When she came home to recuper- ate , she ...
Page 117
... thought it made a difference in a person's life if she married and had children . They were also asked to describe how they thought they were similar to or different from other never - married women as well as women who were married ...
... thought it made a difference in a person's life if she married and had children . They were also asked to describe how they thought they were similar to or different from other never - married women as well as women who were married ...
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... thought of herself as childish because she spent many years at home with her parents . She never considered getting married or having children : The thought never crossed my mind . Not a bit . I didn't have anything against men , but ...
... thought of herself as childish because she spent many years at home with her parents . She never considered getting married or having children : The thought never crossed my mind . Not a bit . I didn't have anything against men , but ...
Contents
Series Editors Foreword | 9 |
WorkingClass Single Women in Historical | 22 |
The Research Process | 38 |
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