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Changing notions of lone motherhood in twentieth-century Finland. 2011

Vanessa May

University of Manchester.

Through written life stories of lone mothers, this article examines changes in lone motherhood in twentieth-century Finland. While the older life-story writers' narratives are clearly influenced by an 'ethos of survival' and the regulation of female sexuality, the younger writers relate their experiences with the help of scripts on gender equality and the psychological importance of 'good' parenting. These narrative shifts point to important changes in cultural scripts on women's positions in families, on the labour market, and in society.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009035	Mothers	Female parents, human or animal.	Mothers' Clubs,Club, Mothers',Clubs, Mothers',Mother,Mother Clubs,Mother's Clubs,Mothers Clubs,Mothers' Club
D003466	Cultural Characteristics	Those aspects or characteristics which identify a culture.	Ethnic Boundary Maintenance,Boundary Maintenance, Ethnic,Boundary Maintenances, Ethnic,Characteristic, Cultural,Characteristics, Cultural,Cultural Characteristic,Ethnic Boundary Maintenances,Maintenance, Ethnic Boundary,Maintenances, Ethnic Boundary
D005190	Family	A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.	Family Life Cycles,Family Members,Family Life Cycle,Family Research,Filiation,Kinship Networks,Relatives,Families,Family Member,Kinship Network,Life Cycle, Family,Life Cycles, Family,Network, Kinship,Networks, Kinship,Research, Family
D005195	Family Relations	Behavioral, psychological, and social relations among various members of the nuclear family and the extended family.	Family Relationship,Family Dynamics,Family Relationships,Dynamic, Family,Dynamics, Family,Family Dynamic,Family Relation,Relation, Family,Relations, Family,Relationship, Family,Relationships, Family
D005387	Finland	A country in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia. The capital is Helsinki.	Aland Islands,Åland Islands
D012922	Social Change	A shift, alteration, modification, or evolution of human behavior and culture, which over time, results in measurable consequences on societal values and norms.	Modernization,Social Development,Social Impact,Change, Social,Changes, Social,Development, Social,Developments, Social,Impact, Social,Impacts, Social,Social Changes,Social Developments,Social Impacts
D012944	Social Support	Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance such as COMMUNITY SUPPORT is provided by churches, groups, etc.	Perceived Social Support,Social Care,Online Social Support,Care, Social,Online Social Supports,Perceived Social Supports,Social Support, Online,Social Support, Perceived,Social Supports, Online,Social Supports, Perceived,Support, Online Social,Support, Perceived Social,Support, Social,Supports, Perceived Social
D014930	Women	Human females as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities.	Girls,Woman,Women's Groups,Girl,Women Groups,Women's Group
D014933	Women's Rights	The rights of women to equal status pertaining to social, economic, and educational opportunities afforded by society.	Women's Liberation,Woman's Rights,Women's Status,Liberation, Women's,Right, Woman's,Right, Women's,Rights, Woman's,Rights, Women's,Status, Women's,Woman Rights,Woman's Right,Women Status,Women's Right
D016387	Women's Health	The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.	Woman's Health,Womens Health,Health, Woman's,Health, Women's,Health, Womens

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