Mothering by Degrees: Single Mothers and the Pursuit of Postsecondary Education

by Jillian M. Duquaine-Watson

Book Overview

Winner of the 2018 AERA Division J Outstanding Publication Award

In Mothering by Degrees, Jillian Duquaine-Watson shows how single mothers pursuing college degrees must navigate a difficult course as they attempt to reconcile their identities as single moms, college students, and in many cases, employees. They also negotiate a balance between what they think a good mother should be, and what society is telling them, and how that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081358843X
• ISBN13: 9780813588438
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher