Date of Award
Spring 8-1-2007
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Communication Disorders and Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology
First Advisor
I. Michael Shuff
Second Advisor
Matthew R. Draper
Third Advisor
Veanne Anderson
Abstract
A multiple-case-qualitative approach was used to examine the lives of women who overcame lives of poverty. Participants were chosen from a pool of students in the Midwestern portion of the United States who previously participated in the Educational Talent Search program, a division of Upward Bound, that assists low income and at-risk students in attending college. Numerous themes were obtained from the data; however, the overarching theme for this study included the process of change. Specifically, the women spoke about the decisions they made to overcome poverty and thus begin referring to themselves as "successful." In order to provide further richness for this study, participants' experiences were compared and contrasted to the lives of similar women within the existing literature.
Recommended Citation
Marsh, Crystale M., "Crawling Out of Poverty: Recollections From Women Who Succeeded Against the Odds" (2007). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3523.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/3523