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

Kathryn Edin, Maria Kefalas

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Abstract

Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods.

Original languageEnglish (US)
PublisherUniversity of California Press
Number of pages293
ISBN (Electronic)9780520950689
ISBN (Print)9780520271463
StatePublished - Jan 1 2011
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Social Sciences
  • General Arts and Humanities

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