Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood before Marriage by Kathryn Edin

I read this for my Work, Women, and Family class.

It is an interesting idea to explore, who do poor women have babies and often never get married.

Some of the women will make you angry, some will make you sad, but mostly they will make you rethink your preconceived ideas about this group. Many of the women find themselves looked down upon while their children's fathers get pats on the back for having all these children.

While many of them are very young when they begin having children not all of them are teen moms. Quite a few are in their 20's, 30's, and even 40's.

A really insightful though not pretty look at the topic.

(Finished March 20, 2015)


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