Ruiz, Dorothy S. <br/><br/>
Amazing grace  African American grandmothers as caregivers and conveyers of traditional values /  [electronic resource] : 
Dorothy Smith Ruiz ; foreword by Bert Hayslip. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Praeger,  2004. 
 - xvi, 134 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-126) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Slavery, family, and religion : the traditional roles of older African American women in the antebellum south during the nineteenth cerntury -- Related research : grandparent caregiving -- Methodolgy : the custodial African American grandmother study -- Social and demographic characteristics -- Factors influencing life satisfaction among -- Social facrors, health status, and depression -- Voices of custodial grandmothers : dominant themes. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Grandparents as parents--United States.<br/>African American grandmothers.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HQ759.9  / .R85 2004eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.874/5/08996073