Overcoming the odds : raising academically successful African American young women /

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Imprint:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Academic achievement -- United States. African American women -- Education. African American women -- Family relationships. Education -- Parent participation -- United States. Academic achievement. African American women -- Education. Education -- Parent participation. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11218463

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Other authors / contributors:	Hrabowski, Freeman A.
ISBN:	9780198029205 0198029209 1280655011 9781280655012 0195126424 9780195126426 0195302060 9780195302066
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them.
Other form:	Print version: Overcoming the odds. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195126424

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