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Author Sidel, Ruth.

Title Unsung heroines : single mothers and the American dream / Ruth Sidel.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
©2006

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.8743 S568U    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  306.874 SI    Check Shelf
Description xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-234) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Single mothers -- United States -- Social conditions.
Single mothers -- United States -- Economic conditions.
Welfare recipients -- United States.
ISBN 0520238265 cloth alkaline paper
9780520238268 cloth alkaline paper
0520247728 paperback alkaline paper
9780520247727 paperback alkaline paper
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