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BL
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1043570
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b797940
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Beamon, Nika C.
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| Title & Author
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I didn't work this hard just to get married : : successful single black women speak out /\ Nika C. Beamon ; foreword by Bella DePaulo.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: Lawrence Hill Books,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (xxi, 176 pages)
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| ISBN
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1569763534
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: 9781569763537
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1556528191
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9781556528194
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176).
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| Contents
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Livin' single / with Kim Coles -- Princess Charming / with Deborah Gregory -- SSIC : single sistah in charge / with Susan Chapman -- The enjolie woman is dead / with Jackie DeVaughn -- I can do bad by myself / with Pamela Harris -- Baby mama, no drama / with Lisa Parker -- Walking the single's beat / with Kiada Moragne -- Not all black women are angry / with Shenequa Grey -- Even a broken clock is right twice a day / with Effie T. Brown -- Happily ever after? / with Nancey Flowers -- Singular sensation / with Sheila Bridges -- Being single is just another option / with J.C. Lamkin -- Captain in a solo army / with Gwyneth Bradshaw -- Solo flyer / with Catherine McKenzie -- Rewriting the rules of single life / with Lacy Lewis -- Single according to God's plan / with Camille Young -- Single and refusing to settle / with Sidney Morris -- Alone, not lonely : "I know that I will never disappoint myself" -- Suddenly single : the social pressures on single sistahs -- Salvation for single sistahs? : is marriage all it's cracked up to be? -- Lone warriors : single black women fight for a brighter future.
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| Abstract
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Through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, this account speaks directly to the single black woman's experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the 'Baby Mama Syndrome'.
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African American single people-- Psychology.
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African American women-- Psychology.
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Single mothers-- United States-- Psychology.
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Single women-- United States.
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African American women-- Psychology.
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FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS-- Marriage.
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Single mothers-- Psychology.
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Single women.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.81/53092396073
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HQ800.2.B42 2009eb
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