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21
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Huffington Post
, October 1, 2013.

22
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Jezebel.com
, May 8, 2012,
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.

23
. Jacoby, Jeff, “The Baby Bust Generation,”
The Boston Globe
, December 6, 2012,
http://www.jeffjacoby.com/12678/the-baby-bust-generation
.

24
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Wall Street Journal,
February 12, 2013.

25
. Harris-Perry, Melissa, “Obama and the Black Daddy Dilemma,”
The Nation
, June 17, 2009,
http://www.thenation.com/article/obama-and-black-daddy-dilemma/
.

26
. “Disapprove of Single Mothers,” Pew Research Center, January 6, 2011,
http://www.pewresearch.org/daily-number/disapprove-of-single-mothers/
.

27
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Vox.com
, September 16, 2014,
http://www.vox.com/2014/9/16/6135445/marriage-cohabitation-inequality-social-mobility-children-contraception
.

28
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Journal of Marriage and Family
, vol. 72, October 2010, 106201063.

29
. Roiphe, Katie, “In Defense of Single Motherhood,”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/opinion/sunday/in-defense-of-single-motherhood.html?pagewanted=all
.

30
. Ibid.

31
. “Why I Froze My Eggs,”
Newsweek,
May 1, 2009,
http://www.newsweek.com/why-i-froze-my-eggs-79867
.

32
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Newsweek, January 23, 2012,
http://www.newsweek.com/vitrification-fertility-option-64265
.

33
. American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

34
. Richards, Sarah Elizabeth, “We Need to Talk About Our Eggs,”
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35
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May 3, 2013.

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Title: All the single ladies : unmarried women and the rise of an independent nation / Rebecca Traister.

Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015045131 | ISBN 9781476716565 (hardback) | ISBN 9781476716572 (trade paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Single women—United States—History. | Women—United States—Social conditions. | Feminism—United States—History. | United States—Civilization. | United States—History. | United States—Social conditions. | BISAC: HISTORY / United States / 21st Century. | HISTORY / Social History. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.

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