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Hochstrasser, Donald L.; And Others – 1985
Improved health care and family planning services, reduction in sociogeographic isolation, and increased economic development were found to be responsible for declining fertility rates in a rural Eastern Kentucky county during 1960-1980. Contemporary fertility patterns in an area historically exhibiting one of Appalachia's highest fertility rates…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Birth Rate, Cohort Analysis, Community Attitudes
Peer reviewedTice, Karen W. – Journal of Appalachian Studies, 1998
In the early 1900s, college-educated women who came to Appalachia as reformers and teachers developed contradictory relationships with Appalachian mothers. Writings of Lucy Furman and Ethel deLong, who worked in eastern Kentucky settlement schools, reveal intimate cooperative relationships with mothers, even as teachers aimed to replace…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Rearing, Cultural Images, Culture Conflict
