Graduate Research Papers
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Open Access Graduate Research Paper
Abstract
In American society today, mothers are joining the employment forces for economic purposes, and because they feel a need to fulfill their personal potentials or gain self-actualization. The portrayals of employed mothers in children's fiction should reflect the trends of society, as well as provide appropriate role models for children. The purpose of this study was to determine how employed mothers are portrayed in children's fiction. The researcher analyzed eighteen books of children's fiction by means of a checklist in order to determine if the majority of employed mothers are 1) working for economic purposes rather than for purposes of self-actualization; 2) are the cause of stress and tension in the family because of the redistribution of roles and responsibilities, and 3) do not have healthy, growing, supportive relationships with their husbands. The results of this study include acceptance of Hypothesis 1, and the rejection of Hypotheses 2 and 3.
Year of Submission
1988
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Library Science
Date Original
1988
Object Description
1 PDF (iii, 44 pages)
Copyright
©1988 Karen Carstensen Appleton
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Appleton, Karen Carstensen, "The portrayal of employed mothers in children's fiction" (1988). Graduate Research Papers. 1718.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1718
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