Unsung Heroines Single Mothers and the American Dream

Name: Unsung Heroines Single Mothers and the American Dream
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ISBN: 9780520238268

ISBN-10: 0520238265

ISBN-13: 9780520238268

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ruth Sidel

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This compelling book destroys the derogatory images of single mothers that too often prevail in the media and in politics by creating a rich, moving, multidimensional picture of who these women really are. Ruth Sidel interviewed mothers from diverse races, ethnicities, religions, and social classes who became single through divorce, separation, widowhood, or who never married; none had planned to raise children on their own. Weaving together these women's voices with an accessible, cutting-edge sociological and political analysis of single motherhood today,Unsung Heroinesintroduces a resilient, resourceful, and courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to…

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/28/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 265
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Moving Beyond Stigma



Genuine Family Values



Loss



Resilience, Strength, and Perseverance



"Everybody Knows My Grandma": Extended Families and Other Support Networks



"I Have to Do Something with My Life": Derailed Dreams



"I Really, Really Believed He Would Stick Around": Conflicting Conceptions of Commitment



An Agenda for the Twenty-first Century: Caring for All Our Families


Notes


Bibliography


Index