{"product_id":"the-grasinski-girls-mary-patrice-erdmans-9780821415825","title":"The Grasinski Girls: The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grasinski Girls\u003c\/i\u003e 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 care of their appearance and their husbands, who took care of them. Like most women of their generation, they did not join the women's movement, and today they either reject or shy away from feminism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasing her account on interviews with her mother and aunts, Mary Erdmans explores the private lives of these white, Christian women in the post-World War II generation. She compares them, at times, to her own postfeminist generation. Situating these women within the religious routines that shaped their lives, Professor Erdmans explores how gender, class, ethnicity, and religion shaped the choices the Grasinski sisters were given as well as the choices they made. These women are both acted upon and actors; they are privileged and disadvantaged; they resist and surrender; they petition the Lord and accept His will.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Grasinski Girls\u003c\/i\u003e examines the complexity of ordinary lives, exposing privileges taken for granted as well as nuances of oppression often overlooked. Erdmans brings rigorous scholarship and familial insight to bear on the realities of twentieth-century working-class white women in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Patrice Erdmans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821415824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821415825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.85d","brand":"Mary Patrice Erdmans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202598420735,"sku":"9780821415825","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_098b5a21-8da7-4e92-9a1d-74e2b7895e3c.jpg?v=1756832826","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-grasinski-girls-mary-patrice-erdmans-9780821415825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}