THE MARGINAL WOMAN. LOVING, LIVING, & BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN A PRE-FEMINIST WORLD - Tecno-Libro

Shirley White Pearl was raised in an era when women stayed home and raised children, took care of the house and husband. But Shirley is anything but typical. in 1952, she set out to start her adult life at the University of iowa. She marched in protests and diligently studied the science of the mind. She also got married and had a child. Young and in love, she suddenly finds herself doing battle with what it means to be a mother and wife when her heart is telling her she wants to be so much more. Shirley abandons the simple life for a life of academia, meeting new friends, expanding her mind, and eventually divorcing. As a single mother, she pursues a doctorate in psychology and specializes in special education. With a new marriage under her belt, she and her husband move to St. Paul, Minnesota, where Shirley develops and directs a groundbreaking school for children with learning disabilities. As she watches her third marriage crumble, Shirley soon finds the life she always wa