%0 Journal Article %T An Unwed Mother's Own Story %A Joseph S. Himes %J Sociation Today %D 2010 %I North Carolina Sociological Association %X In a paper not previously published, the founding president of the North Carolina Sociological Association explores how among low income groups, newcomers and certain ethnic minorities, birth and wedlock and marriage are important values, but, in any given instance, both or either might be preempted by another important value, or the realization of them might be thwarted by practical considerations %K demography %K African-American %K family %K wedlock %K marriage %U http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v81/unwed.htm