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The U.S. has experienced a dramatic increase in births to unmarried women in recent decades—from 4% of births in 1950, with most of the babies then adopted, to more than 30% today. Melissa Ludtke's book is the only in-depth analysis of this radical change in family formation to compare and contrast the lives of these mothers of varying ages and economic circumstances.
Price: $33.95
Pages: 483
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
31 March 1999
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520218307
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
Melissa Ludtke is a journalist. While researching and writing On Our Own she had fellowships at Harvard, Radcliffe, and the Columbia School of Journalism.
Prologue
1. My Story: Decision-making About Unmarried Motherhood
2. Unmarried Motherhood: A Half-Century of Change
3. Having a Baby: Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
4. Having a Baby: Unmarried Older Mothers
5. Raising Children: Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
6. Raising Children: Unmarried Older Mothers
7. Where's Daddy? Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
8. Where's Daddy? Unmarried Okler Mothers
9. Unmarried Mothers: Who We Are and Where We're Headed
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index
1. My Story: Decision-making About Unmarried Motherhood
2. Unmarried Motherhood: A Half-Century of Change
3. Having a Baby: Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
4. Having a Baby: Unmarried Older Mothers
5. Raising Children: Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
6. Raising Children: Unmarried Older Mothers
7. Where's Daddy? Unmarried Adolescent Mothers
8. Where's Daddy? Unmarried Okler Mothers
9. Unmarried Mothers: Who We Are and Where We're Headed
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index