04920nam 2201069Ia 450 991078366600332120230207223827.01-4237-5269-497866123584251-282-35842-10-520-93957-31-59875-942-610.1525/9780520939578(CKB)1000000000246863(EBL)254885(OCoLC)63813922(SSID)ssj0000265569(PQKBManifestationID)12094075(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265569(PQKBWorkID)10312360(PQKB)10313575(SSID)ssj0000285146(PQKBManifestationID)11207754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285146(PQKBWorkID)10277766(PQKB)10919961(MiAaPQ)EBC254885(DE-B1597)520166(DE-B1597)9780520939578(Au-PeEL)EBL254885(CaPaEBR)ebr10110314(CaONFJC)MIL235842(EXLCZ)99100000000024686320050610d2006 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrUnsung heroines[electronic resource] single mothers and the American dream /Ruth SidelBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23826-5 0-520-24772-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Moving Beyond Stigma --2. Genuine Family Values --3. Loss --4. Resilience, Strength, And Perseverance --5. "Everybody Knows My Grandma": Extended Families And Other Support Networks --6. "I Have To Do Something With My Life": Derailed Dreams --7. "I Really, Really Believed He Would Stick Around": Conflicting Conceptions Of Commitment --8. An Agenda For The Twenty-First Century: Caring For All Our Families --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThis 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 Heroines introduces a resilient, resourceful, and courageous population of women committed to their families, holding fast to quintessential American values, and creating positive new lives for themselves and their children. What emerges from this penetrating study is a clear message about what all families-two-parent as well as single parent-must have to succeed: decent jobs at a living wage, comprehensive health care, and preschool and after-school care. In a final chapter, Sidel gives a broad political-economic analysis that provides historical background on the way American social policy has evolved and compares the situation in the U.S. to the social policies and ideologies of other countries.Single mothersUnited StatesSocial conditionsSingle mothersUnited StatesEconomic conditionsWelfare recipientsUnited Statesamerica.american dream.childrearing.class differences.divorce.emotional.family relationships.gender studies.historical analysis.modern motherhood.moms.motherhood.nonfiction.nontraditional families.parenthood.political analysis.politics of parenthood.raising children.separation.single motherhood.single mothers.single parenting.social classes.social policies.sociological perspective.sociologists.united states.widows.women.Single mothersSocial conditions.Single mothersEconomic conditions.Welfare recipients306.874/32/086942/0973Sidel Ruth639922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783666003321Unsung heroines3783840UNINA