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Dignity : lower income women tell of their lives and struggles : oral histories / compiled by Fran Leeper Buss ; introduction by Susan Contratto.
LIBRA HQ1426 .D54 1985
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Holman Biotech Commons HQ1426 .D54 1985
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Women and culture series
- Women and culture series.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Working class women--United States--Case studies.
- Working class women.
- Urban women--United States--Case studies.
- Urban women.
- Poor women--United States--Case studies.
- Poor women.
- Women--Employment--United States--Case studies.
- Women.
- Women--Employment.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 290 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1985]
- Summary:
- Dignity brings together the stories of ten lower income American women whose backgrounds vary, but who share a struggle for survival and a quest for dignity in the face of hardship. Young or old, urban or rural, welfare recipient or union activist, each relates her life story with rich detail, poignant humor, and remarkable courage.
- Notes:
- Bibliography: pages 283-290.
- ISBN:
- 047206357X
- OCLC:
- 11650524
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