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Ludtke, Melissa On Our Own: Unmarried Motherhood in America
Random House Inc 1997 0679424148 / 9780679424147 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Fine condition. Stated First Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $25.95. NO writing or tears inside book. Tight spine, clean pages. 467 pages. Synopsis 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. Publishers Weekly Nearly one-third of U.S. children are now born to single mothers, according to Ludtke, a former correspondent for Time magazine, in this nonjudgmental, informative study. The 45-year-old single woman, here contrasts the stories of single teenage mothers with older career women who raise children without husbands. Limiting her interviews to several dozen women living near her home in the Cambridge, Mass., area, Ludtke does not offer a definitive analysis, but her skilled anecdotal research, buttressed by academic studies, gives a human face to a social phenomenon that deserves attention. Because teenage mothers often lack financial resources, their daily lives can differ significantly from those of older single mothers. But Ludtke notes similarities as well between the two groups, such as the feeling that motherhood will make their lives more meaningful and a concern that their offspring relate to positive male figures. Ludtke argues poignantly that adolescent pregnancy will be prevented only when adults develop "the patience and perseverance to stick with troubled youth across the span of their adolescence." Biography Melissa Ludtke drew national attention in 1978, when, as a reporter for Sports Illustrated, she took Major League Baseball to court to gain women reporters equal access to athletes' locker rooms. She then became a correspondent for Time, where her articles, including more than twenty cover stories, focused on family and children. While researching and writing this book, she had fellowships at Harvard, Radcliffe, and the Columbia School of Journalism. Ludtke is a graduate of Wellesley College and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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