Working from the Margins : : Voices of Mothers in Poverty /

Working from the Margins : : Voices of Mothers in Poverty / / Virginia Schein.

Virginia E. Schein shatters the stereotype of mothers on welfare. The women she interviewed in cities, towns, and rural areas talked to her about their deep committment to the children they are raising in poverty, about the abuse they have endured, about their eagerness for meaningful work, and abou...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
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Schein, Virginia,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1995
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • ONE. Think Single Mother, Think Poverty
  • TWO. The Women
  • THREE. The ABC’s of Poverty and the Single Mother
  • FOUR. Women of Commitment: Struggling with the Mother-Provider Dilemma
  • FIVE. Stone Soup: Single Parenting in Poverty
  • SIX. Working: Hitting the Cellar Ceiling
  • SEVEN. What Helps? The Role of Social Support
  • EIGHT. I Used to Have Dreams
  • NINE. A Job Is Not Enough
  • TEN. A Community of Efforts
  • ELEVEN. The Broad Perspective Revisited
  • Background Sketches of the Women
  • APPENDIX. Sample Selection, Interview Design, Interview Process, and Procedures
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author

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