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Twenty-two women who live alone, many with religious affiliations, describe how they have come to terms with the negative connotations and expectations generally ascribed to being single in a family-centered society.

Table of Contents

Foreword by E. Margaret Fulton Introduction by Mary O'Brien and Clare Christie Stereotypes and Shibboleths: Redefining Singlehood A Demon with No Name: Prejudice against Single Women by Mary Ann Cejka The Single Woman and Sexism: One Woman's Struggle with Christianity's Sexism by Beverley Holt Being Poor and Single by Alice Brona Visions of Our Reality A Single Woman: The Fabric of My Life by Sheila Cassidy Affirming Myself: As Authentic Being, Friend and Healer by Clare Christie Singleness by Betty Hares Creating a Separate Space: Celibacy and Singlehood by Lin Collette Discovery as the Gift of Age My Second Life: Single Again! by Roberta Way-Clark Living Creatively by Betty Hares Single Connectedness by Gloria W. Grover The Challenges of Career and Life-style The Single Journey as Vocation by Eileen O'Brien Capturing Our History, Claiming Our Future by Jo Ellen Heil The Single Woman in Ministry by Pamela Ann Moeller Loneliness and the Rewards of Solitude From Loneliness to Solitude: Reflections on Aloneness by Gwyneth Griffith On Solitude and Other Things by Mary O'Brien Solitude: A Most Welcome Gift by Lila Line Celebrating Our Spirituality Prayer, Service, and the Single Life: A Spiritual Perspective by Susan Muto Growth in the Spirit by Tricia Ogiste Living Out of the Center by Vicki Morgan Rebirthing in the Single Life Single Again: On Emotional Recovery by Esly Regina Carvalho Of Wells by Mabel A. Murray Widowhood: A Door of Hope by Beulah Jeyaseeli Bibliography Index

About the Author

MARY O'BRIEN is an Associate Professor of Gerontology and Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

CLARE CHRISTIE is an attorney who has also taught classes in gerontology.

Reviews

?Highly recommended for public and seminary libraries.?-Library Journal

"Highly recommended for public and seminary libraries."-Library Journal