Activist mothering: Cross-Generational Continuity in the Community Work of Women from Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods

Gender & Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 441-463

  Naples, Nancy A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84965853394     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124392006003006     Document Type: Article

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