LEADER 04037nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910450136903321 005 20210608025930.0 010 $a1-4237-5269-4 010 $a9786612358425 010 $a1-282-35842-1 010 $a0-520-93957-3 010 $a1-59875-942-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939578 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246863 035 $a(EBL)254885 035 $a(OCoLC)63813922 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000265569 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12094075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000265569 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10312360 035 $a(PQKB)10313575 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000285146 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11207754 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000285146 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277766 035 $a(PQKB)10919961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC254885 035 $a(DE-B1597)520166 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939578 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL254885 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10110314 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235842 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246863 100 $a20050610d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnsung heroines$b[electronic resource] $esingle mothers and the American dream /$fRuth Sidel 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (268 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23826-5 311 0 $a0-520-24772-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. Moving Beyond Stigma --$t2. Genuine Family Values --$t3. Loss --$t4. Resilience, Strength, And Perseverance --$t5. "Everybody Knows My Grandma": Extended Families And Other Support Networks --$t6. "I Have To Do Something With My Life": Derailed Dreams --$t7. "I Really, Really Believed He Would Stick Around": Conflicting Conceptions Of Commitment --$t8. An Agenda For The Twenty-First Century: Caring For All Our Families --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aSingle mothers$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aSingle mothers$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 606 $aWelfare recipients$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSingle mothers$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aSingle mothers$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aWelfare recipients 676 $a306.874/32/086942/0973 700 $aSidel$b Ruth$0639922 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450136903321 996 $aUnsung heroines$92476685 997 $aUNINA