Books by Helena Lopata

Widowhood in an American City focuses on the roles and lifestyles of urban American widows fifty years of age or older

Widowhood in an American City focuses on the roles and lifestyles of urban American widows fifty years of age or older

?This remarkable sociological study, based on inteviews in the Chicago area, demonstrates that as women pass through the life cycle they show astonishing creativity in various roles. Yet housewifely stereotypes persist--promoted as they are both by women's libbers and male chauvenist pigs. A stereotype-shattering book.?-Christian Century