Mary Patrice Erdmans: 3 books
The Grasinski Girls
The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2004
The Grasinski Girls were working-class Americans of Polish descent, born in the 1920s and 1930s, who created lives typical of women in their day. They went to high school, married, and had children. For the most part, they stayed home to raise their children. And they were happy doing that. They took...
Opposite Poles
Immigrants and Ethnics in Polish Chicago, 1976–1990
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 1998
Opposite Poles presents a fascinating and complex portrait of ethnic life in America. The focus is Chicago Polonia, the largest Polish community outside of Warsaw. During the 1980s a new cohort of Polish immigrants from communist Poland, including many refugees from the Solidarity movement, joined...
On Becoming a Teen Mom
Life before Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
In 2013, New York City launched a public education campaign with posters of frowning or crying children saying such things as "I’m twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen" and "Honestly, Mom, chances are he won’t stay with you." Campaigns like...