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"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
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"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/ -
"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 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
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"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/ -
"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/ -
"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) -
"In 1993, five leading associations recommended changing the name from home economics to family and consumer sciences."
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"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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"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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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