The history of grandmothers in the African-American community

Social Service Review

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Jimenez, Jillian ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/342994     Document Type: Review

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