The Case For Single Motherhood
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Single Mothers By Choice
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Author : Jane Mattes, L.C.S.W.
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 2013-04-24
Single Mothers By Choice written by Jane Mattes, L.C.S.W. and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-24 with Family & Relationships categories.
The first handbook for the rapidly growing number of American women choosing single motherhood, written by the director of the national organization, Single Mothers by Choice.
Choosing Single Motherhood
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Author : Mikki Morrissette
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2008
Choosing Single Motherhood written by Mikki Morrissette and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Family & Relationships categories.
The comprehensive guide for single women interested in proactively becoming a mother--includes the essential tools needed to decide whether to take this step, information on how best to follow through, and insight about answering the child's questions and needs over time. Choosing Single Motherhood, written by a longtime journalist and Choice Mother (a woman who chooses to conceive or adopt without a life partner), will become the indispensable tool for women looking for both support and insight. Based on extensive up-to-date research, advice from child experts and family therapists, as well as interviews with more than one hundred single women, this book explores common questions and concerns of women facing this decision, including: * Can I afford to do this? * Should I wait longer to see if life turns a new corner? * How do Choice Mothers handle the stress of solo parenting? * What the research says about growing up in a single-parent household * How to answer a child's "daddy" questions * The facts about adoption, anonymous donor insemination, and finding a known donor * How the children of pioneering Choice Mothers feel about their lives Written in a lively style that never sugarcoats or sweeps problems under the rug, Choosing Single Motherhood covers the topic clearly, concisely, and with a great deal of heart.
The Case For Single Motherhood
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Author : Katherine Elizabeth Mack
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2023-12-05
The Case For Single Motherhood written by Katherine Elizabeth Mack and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-05 with Family & Relationships categories.
Delves into the rhetorical work of elective single mothers (ESMs) in the late twentieth- and early twenty-first centuries as they sought—and continue to seek—to legitimize their maternal identities and family formations Scholars of rhetoric have largely overlooked the inherent rhetoricity of family. In The Case for Single Motherhood, Katherine Mack posits family as a central concern of rhetorical studies by reflecting on how language is used by single mothers who seek to reenvision the personal, social, and political meanings of family. Drawing on intersectional and rhetorical theories, Mack demonstrates how the category of elective single motherhood emerged in response to the historically differential treatment of “unwed mothers” along racial and class lines. Through her readings of a range of self-sponsored ESM texts—guidebooks, memoirs, and interactive digital media written by and primarily for other ESMs—and from her perspective as an elective single mother herself, Mack evaluates the rhetorical power, as well as the exclusions and hierarchies, that the ESM label effects. She analyzes how ESMs envision motherhood, visions that entail their musings about who can and should mother. Ultimately, Mack offers women who are considering nonnormative paths to motherhood a way to affirm their maternal identities and paths without disparaging others’. Scholars in the fields of rhetoric and feminist rhetorical studies will find in this volume an illuminating perspective on the rhetorical power of self-sponsored texts in particular. Crafting a methodology to identify and evaluate the goals and effects of legitimacy work and selecting sources that bring academic attention to varied genres of self-sponsored writings, Mack paves the way for future rhetorical studies of motherhood and family.
The Triple Bind Of Single Parent Families
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Author : Rense Nieuwenhuis
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2018-03-07
The Triple Bind Of Single Parent Families written by Rense Nieuwenhuis and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-07 with Social Science categories.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Single parents face a triple bind of inadequate resources, employment, and policies, which in combination further complicate their lives. This book - multi-disciplinary and comparative in design - shows evidence from over 40 countries, along with detailed case studies of Sweden, Iceland, Scotland, and the UK. It covers aspects of well-being that include poverty, good quality jobs, the middle class, wealth, health, children’s development and performance in school, and reflects on social justice. Leading international scholars challenge our current understanding of what works and draw policy lessons on how to improve the well-being of single parents and their children.
On Our Own
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Author : Melissa Ludtke
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1999-03-31
On Our Own written by Melissa Ludtke and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-03-31 with Family & Relationships categories.
"Ludtke brings the voices of women having children on their own into a public debate from which these voices have been conspicuously absent. Interweaving their voices with her own savvy and intuitive commentary, she has written a vitally important book."—Carol Gilligan, author of In a Different Voice
Single By Chance Mothers By Choice How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage And Creating The New American Family
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Author : Rosanna Hertz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-01
Single By Chance Mothers By Choice How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage And Creating The New American Family written by Rosanna Hertz and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-01 with Social Science categories.
A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how they have managed to make single parenthood work for them. Hertz interviewed 65 women--ranging from physicians and financial analysts to social workers, teachers, and secretaries--women who speak candidly about how they manage their lives and families as single mothers. What Hertz discovers are not ideologues but reluctant revolutionaries, women who--whether straight or gay--struggle to conform to the conventional definitions of mother, child, and family. Having tossed out the rulebook in order to become mothers, they nonetheless adhere to time-honored rules about child-rearing. As they tell their stories, they shed light on their paths to motherhood, describing how they summoned up the courage to pursue their dream, how they broke the news to parents, siblings, friends, and co-workers, how they went about buying sperm from fertility banks or adopting children of different races. They recount how their personal and social histories intersected to enable them to pursue their dream of motherhood, and how they navigate daily life. What does it mean to be single in terms of romance and parenting? How do women juggle earning a paycheck with parenting? What creative ways have women devised to shore up these families? How do they incorporate men into their child-centered families? This book provides concrete, informative answers to all these questions. A unique window on the future of the family, this book offers a gold mine of insight and reassurance for any woman contemplating this rewarding if unconventional step.
In Defense Of Single Parent Families
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Author : Nancy E Dowd
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1999-05-01
In Defense Of Single Parent Families written by Nancy E Dowd and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-05-01 with Law categories.
An expert in family law and policy presents a thought-provoking examination of the stereotypes, realities, and possibilities of single-parent families. Single-parent families succeed. Within these families children thrive, develop, and grow, just as they do in a variety of family structures. Tragically, they must do so in the face of powerful legal and social stigma that works to undermine them. As Nancy E. Dowd argues here, this stigma is founded largely on myths which result in harshly punitive social policies. Dowd details the primary justifications for stigmatizing single-parent families, marshalling an impressive array of resources that portray a very different picture of them. She describes them in all their forms, with particular attention to the differential treatment given to never-married and divorced single parents, and to the impact of gender, race, and class. Illustrating the harmful impact of current laws concerning divorce, welfare, and employment, Dowd makes a powerful case for centering policy around the welfare and equality of all children.
Holding Her Head High
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Author : Janine Turner
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Release Date : 2008
Holding Her Head High written by Janine Turner and has been published by Thomas Nelson Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Family & Relationships categories.
Discusses the role of single mothers from the Roman Empire to the present day through an analysis of the lives and contributions of twelve single mothers, including Blanche of Castile, Abigail Adams, and Harriet Jacobs.
Autonomous Motherhood
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Author : Susan B. Boyd
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Autonomous Motherhood written by Susan B. Boyd and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Family & Relationships categories.
Since the end of the Second World War, increasing numbers of women have decided to become mothers without intending the biological father or a partner to participate in parenting. Many conceive via donor insemination or adopt; others become pregnant after a brief sexual relationship and decide to parent alone. Using a feminist socio-legal framework, Autonomous Motherhood? probes fundamental assumptions within the law about the nature of family and parenting. Drawing on a range of empirical evidence, including legislative history, case studies, and interviews with single mothers, the authors conclude that while women may now have the economic and social freedom to parent alone, they must still negotiate a socio-legal framework that suggests their choice goes against the interests of society, fatherhood, and children.
Sinners Scroungers Saints
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Author : Pat Thane
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-31
Sinners Scroungers Saints written by Pat Thane and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-31 with History categories.
This is the first book to describe the real lives of unmarried mothers, and attitudes towards them, in England from the First World War to the present day. The focus is on England because the legal positions, and other circumstances, of unmarried mothers were often very different elsewhere in Britain. The authors use biographies and memoirs, as well as archives and official sources, to challenge stereotypes of the mothers as desolate women, rejected by society and by their families, until social attitudes were transformed in the 'permissive' 1960s. They demonstrate the diversity of their lives, their social backgrounds, and how often they were supported by their families, neighbours, and the fathers of their children before the 1960s, and the continuing hostility by some sections of society since then. They challenge stereotypes, too, about the impact of war on sexual behaviour, and about the stability of family life before the 1960s. Much of the evidence comes from the records of the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child, set up by prominent people in 1918 to help a social group they believed were neglected, and which is still very active today, as Gingerbread, supporting lone parents in need of help. Their work tells us not only about the lives of those mothers and children who had no other support, but also another important story about the vibrancy of voluntary action throughout the past century and its continuing vital role, working alongside and in co-operation with the Welfare State to help mothers into work among other things. Their history is an inspiring example of how, throughout the past century, voluntary organizations in the 'Big Society' worked with, not against, the 'Big State'.