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Autor/in | O'Quinn, Mary Darcy |
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Titel | Getting Above Our Raising: A Case Study of Women from the Coalfields of Southwest Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. |
Quelle | In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 15 (1999) 3, S.181-89
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 8756-0534 |
Schlagwörter | Alienation; Empowerment; Family Influence; Family Relationship; Females; Higher Education; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Role Conflict; Rural Women; Self Concept; Stereotypes; Womens Education; Kentucky; Virginia |
Abstract | Interviews with 41 women from the coalfields of southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky indicate that traditional women devoted their lives to their families. Contemporary women who did not attend college identified with their mothers but wanted financial independence. Contemporary women who attended college identified with their fathers but experienced alienation. Describes an intervention program to empower poor Appalachian women in transition. (TD) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |