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MBA, Ph.D in Management
Harvard university
Feb-1997 - Aug-2003
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Strayer University
Jan-2007 - Present
In their book Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage, Edin and Kefalas examine the lives of 162 low-income single mothers. In this excerpt, they demonstrate that poor, unmarried mothers have not given up on the idea of marriage. Click here to access the article: MSLibr_Edin_Unmarried_With_Children.pdf
1 Part of the government's war on poverty has been to promote marriage among the poor. how do you feel about this strategy?
2 Why do the women believe that divorce is worse than having a baby outside of marriage?
3 As Jen appears to be on a positive path, what lessons do you take from her story?
4 What conclusions do the authors make about Jen and the other women they studied?
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