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Publication Date: 1976
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The Plight of Older Black Women in the United States
Jackson, Jacquelyn J.
Black Scholar, 7, 7, 47-55, Apr 76
This essay provides an assessment of the plights of economics, loneliness, mortality and isolationism confronting aggregated older black women as they age in the United States. The most exacerbated plights relate to those of insufficient monies and insufficient men. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Death, Economic Factors, Females, Group Status, Older Adults, Psychological Needs, Racial Factors, Social Problems
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