Upward Mobility and Family Estrangement among Females: What Happens When the "Same Old Girl" Becomes the "New Professional Women?".

Hoerning, Erika M.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Upward Mobility and Family Estrangement among Females: What Happens When the "Same Old Girl" Becomes the "New Professional Women?"

Hoerning, Erika M.

International Journal of Oral History, v6 n2 p104-17 Jun 1985

Examined are problems confronted by women who try to rise in social class from their class of origin to a higher class, and the strategies they employ while making this transition. Data are derived from biographical interviews with German women, who as adults achieved the school certificate called the "Abitur." (RM)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Continuing Education, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interviews, Oral History, Social Mobility, Social Science Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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