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Displaced Home-Makers: Organizing For a New Life
Displaced HomeMakers Organizing For a New Life Author:Lauire Shields Who is a displaced Homemaker? She is one of the estimated 4 to 6 million middle-aged and older women who through death, divorce, separation, or disablement of her husband loses the only "job" for which she was prepared: housewife. Caught in the middle of changing families, of new divorce laws and societal mores, there is no place for her in the... more » existing system. Worst of all, there are no offers for a decent, paying job. This is the story of Laurie Shields and Tish Sommers who spearheaded what grew into a national political movement and won legislation and funding for a nationwide network of Displaced Homemaker training and counseling centers.« less