| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 176 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
Livin' single / with Kim Coles -- Princess Charming / with Deborah Gregory -- SSIC : single sistah in charge / with Susan Chapman -- The enjolie woman is dead / with Jackie DeVaughn -- I can do bad by myself / with Pamela Harris -- Baby mama, no drama / with Lisa Parker -- Walking the single's beat / with Kiada Moragne -- Not all black women are angry / with Shenequa Grey -- Even a broken clock is right twice a day / with Effie T. Brown -- Happily ever after? / with Nancey Flowers -- Singular sensation / with Sheila Bridges -- Being single is just another option / with J.C. Lamkin -- Captain in a solo army / with Gwyneth Bradshaw -- Solo flyer / with Catherine McKenzie -- Rewriting the rules of single life / with Lacy Lewis -- Single according to God's plan / with Camille Young -- Single and refusing to settle / with Sidney Morris -- Alone, not lonely : "I know that I will never disappoint myself" -- Suddenly single : the social pressures on single sistahs -- Salvation for single sistahs? : is marriage all it's cracked up to be? -- Lone warriors : single black women fight for a brighter future. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176). |
| Summary |
Through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, this account speaks directly to the single black woman's experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the 'Baby Mama Syndrome'. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Single women -- United States.
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Single women. |
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United States. |
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African American single people -- Psychology.
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African American single people. |
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Psychology. |
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African American women -- Psychology.
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African American women -- Psychology. |
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Single mothers -- United States -- Psychology.
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Single mothers. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beamon, Nika C. I didn't work this hard just to get married. Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2009 9781556528194 (DLC) 2008050176 (OCoLC)276815636 |
| ISBN |
9781569763537 (electronic book) |
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1569763534 (electronic book) |
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9781556528194 |
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1556528191 |
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