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Family Life Cycle
"Family Development Theory focuses on the systematic and patterned changes experienced by families as they move through their life course. The term 'family' as used here represents a social group containing at least one parent- child relationship. The family group is organized and governed by social norms. The general notion of a family life cycle has a long history." https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/family-development-theory -
Married Women's Property Act
"In the first half of the century, married women began to have property rights through the Married Women's Property Acts, which began to be enacted in 1839" https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/ -
Ellen Swallow Richards
"In 1876, Ellen raised enough money to open the Women's Laboratory at MIT. It was a space where women could conduct in-depth research in chemistry, biology, and mineralogy, and other scientific areas." https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/ellen-swallow-richards/ -
Burgess & Locke
Burgess and Locke's definition of a family: "A group of people united by the ties of marriage, blood, or adoption; constituting a single household; interacting and communicating with each other in their respective social roles; and creating and maintaining a common culture." Source: Textbook: Family Resource Management pg. 27 -
All-American Family
"All-American Family was created in the 1950s, and put the emphasis on the family unit and marriage. This time period saw younger marriages, more kids, and fewer divorces." https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/ -
Working Middle Class Women
"As early as 1960, around a third of middle class women were working either part-time or full time jobs." https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/ -
The Compassionate Family
"By the 20th century, the second phase, the compassionate family, husbands and wives were partners who married because they love each other, rather than out of a sense of moral duty." Textbook: Family Resource Management (Mintz & Kellogg) -
Home Economics -> Family and Consumer Science
"In 1993, five leading associations recommended changing the name from home economics to family and consumer sciences."
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Same Sex Marriage
"In addition, since July 9th, 2015, married same-sex marriage couples throughout the United States have equal access to all the federal benefits given to married opposite-sex couples, (Lynch, 2015)."
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U.S. Census Bureau
"The U.S. Census Bureau says that, 'a family consists of a householder and one more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption." (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020).
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Sources
https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/family-development-theory https://online.csp.edu/resources/article/the-evolution-of-american-family-structure/
https://wams.nyhistory.org/modernizing-america/modern-womanhood/ellen-swallow-richards/ Textbook: Family Resource Management by Tami James Moore & Sylvia M. Asay