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Teenage Pregnancy
Pregnancy & childbearing among teenagers in the United States is an increasing concern. For minority communities, the consequences are particularly adverse-for although minority teenagers do not account for the majority of births to teenagers, they are disproportionately likely to give birth. Developed as a special issue of The Urban League Review, this collection of essays presents current thinking of an interdisciplinary group of professionals.
Current Catalog
Includes subject section, name section, and 1968-1970, technical reports.
Andrew Durnford
Had Durnford done no more than build a sugar plantation out of the wilderness with black slave labor, his accounts would be valuable, but he also practiced medicine, recounting his experiences in a journal and in letters to McDonogh. The Durnford volume offers singular accounts of American life and labor in the first half of the nineteenth century. Had he been white, the narrative would be of inestimable value, but because Durnford was black, free, and a medical practitioner, his life stands as a rare example of a man and a culture adjusting to peculiar social orders.
From Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones
Whether in popular culture, academic research, or public consciousness, African American women are often defined by their presumed poverty or lack of education. In this unique antidote to public perception, Kathleen F. Slevin and C. Ray Wingrove focus on the experiences of an unusual group of pioneers: one of the first generations of African American women to work as white-collar professionals, retire in considerable comfort, and remain actively and fruitfully involved, as older women, in their respective communities. Through the voices of these women, we come to understand the impact of social systems on individual lives and to appreciate how the legacies provided these women by their famil...
The ERIC Review
Provides information on programs, research, publications, and services of ERIC, as well as critical and current education information.
Handbook of Girls' and Women's Psychological Health
"The Handbook of Girls' and Women's Psychological Health presents a contemporary view of psychological health for girls and women that integrates psychology, physiology, society, and culture. A range of 50 chapters integrates current research, scholarship, and practice on the risks and protective factors that influence women's health and well-being across the life span. Within and biopsychosocial framework, the Handbook explores mind and body, risks and resilience, research and interventions, cultural diversity, and public policy." "This Handbook underscores the importance of gender in the lives of girls and women developmentally across significant phases of the life span. Considering the im...
