Assignment Number 4 Discussion/Writing Chrisler 3. Poor women in a wealthy nation. (26-41) Crawford & Unger. A word and a kindness. (22-34) Crawford & Unger. Claiming the right to know: A personal history. (35-39) Pipher 2. Theoretical issues--For your own good. (29-44)

Student Name _____________________ Date due: 9-13-07 Psychology 258 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.

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1.	More than 31 million Americans today live below the poverty line, giving the United States a poverty rate of 11.3 percent. How do these women live? Particularly, how do single women live below the poverty line? (26-39)
2.	Why is poverty strongly associated with depression and poor health? What impact does depression and poor health have on single mothers? (30-37)
3.	Describe Barbara Ehrenreich's (2001) Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America. What is your reaction to this book? (34-37)
4.	What will you do about the problem of poverty and families? (39-40)
5.	Why should black female experiences not be romanticized? (C&U 33)
6.	What have been the reminders of your marginality? (C&U 37)
7.	What do you think of the personal story by Mary Crawford? What did you learn? (C&U 35-39)
8.	What do you think about Miller (1981) and Pipher's ( 1994) assertion that adolescent girls disown their true self and adopt a false self? Give an example that supports this theory or one that finds exception to this theory.
9.	What was your reaction to Pipher Chapter 2 Theoretical issues--For your own good? What did you relate to? What did you disagree with?