Being more than a daughter: Middle-aged women’s conceptions of their mothers

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 55-72

  Fingerman, Karen L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0006873580     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v09n04_05     Document Type: Article

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