Moving up and out [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, education, and the single parent family / / Lori Holyfield ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton
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| Autore: |
Holyfield Lori <1960->
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| Titolo: |
Moving up and out [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, education, and the single parent family / / Lori Holyfield ; foreword by Hillary Rodham Clinton
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| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.83/92/09767 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
ClintonHillary Rodham
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Moving up and out |
| ISBN: | 9786612658488 |
| 1-4399-0550-9 | |
| 1-282-65848-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457990303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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