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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816994603321

Autore

Holyfield Lori <1960->

Titolo

Moving up and out : poverty, education, and the single parent family / / Lori Holyfield ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2002

ISBN

9786612658488

1-4399-0550-9

1-282-65848-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ClintonHillary Rodham

Disciplina

362.83/92/09767

Soggetti

Poor women - Arkansas

Single mothers - Arkansas

Women heads of households - Arkansas

Single mothers - Education - Social aspects - Arkansas

Women heads of households - Education - Social aspects - Arkansas

Single mothers - Scholarships, fellowships, etc - Arkansas

Women heads of households - Scholarships, fellowships, etc - Arkansas

Social mobility - Arkansas

Poverty - Arkansas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-155) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. It Ain't That Simple; 2. Barriers to Success; 3. Myths and Images: The Morality Trap; 4. Education and Mobility; 5. Chance and Choice; 6. Starting a Single Parent Scholarship Program: Ingredients for Success; 7. Where Do We Go from Here?; Appendixes; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Single parent families in the United States have almost tripled in the past few decades. A huge majority of these families are female headed. In American culture it is not so important that we all be equal so much as it is that we all have equal opportunities. Yet sometimes we turn a blind eye to those who need us most. In fact, when it comes to single parent families, it is as if the barriers are too great, the issues too



complex. We wind up reducing the debate to its lowest common denominator. Ironically, it is the families who are most affected that get tangled in the political barbed