Beyond One's Control

Life Course and the Tragedy of Class, Boston, 1800 to 1900

Bibliographic Data

ID6079520
AuthorsCarole Srole (California State University System, corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume11
Issue1
Pages43-54
Publication date1986-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/036319908601100103
PMID11611912
OpenAlexW2010704096
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

Although historians suspect that life course and class are equally important in influencing single women's need for employment, they have been unable to prove the importance ofclass. By examining the relationship between class and those variables that influence life course (a woman's age at marriage, her father's age at marriage, her family size, and her father's age at death), this article demonstrates the hidden relationships between class and life course and shows that a majority of working-class women were likely to lose their fathers before marriage and were hence more in need of employment

Criminology · Life course approach · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Suspect · Upper class · Working class · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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