| Publications > Diversity | Title: | Against All Odds: Resistance and Resilience in African American Welfare Mothers | | Author(s): | Elizabeth Sparks | | Abstract: | This paper discusses the stereotypes and myths that abound in our society about African American welfare mothers, and presents research literature that refutes these myths. It also describes the strategies used by these women to resist marginalization and to overcome the odds against them. | | Order # | Price | Pub. Date | Preview | | WP 81 | $10 | 1999 |  | JBMTI/Stone Center publications are available in electronic files by going to the Wellesley Centers For Women web site: www.wcwonline.org You may also order over the phone by calling: 781-283-2500; Fax: 781-283-2504 Submit email requests to: publications@wellesley.edu WP=Working Papers AT=Audio Tapes B=Books VT=Videotapes PR=Project Reports TP=Talking Papers |