Nicole Lynn Lewis

Pregnant Girl (eBook, ePUB)

A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An activist calls on society to better support young families so they can thrive and reflects on her experiences as a Black mother fighting for opportunities for herself and her child. Each year, approximately 750,000 girls between the ages of 15 and 19 in the U.S. become pregnant. Teen pregnancy continues to be one of the most intensely debated issues among policymakers, educators, religious leaders, and families. There is agreement, however, on its negative consequences. Less than 50% of teen mothers graduate from high school and just 2% from college. Studies also confirm that a child whose mother had her as a teenager is set up to have a tough life. Pregnant Girl provides a narrative we rarely find in popular media: an affirmation and validation of young mothers' experiences. After becoming pregnant during her senior year in high school, Nicole Lynn Lewis put herself through college and earned several advanced degrees before starting her nonprofit, Generation Hope. Her personal story and the stories from women she's met and worked with to reveal a new perspective on teen pregnancy, poverty, racism, and the movement to make college more accessible for teen parents everywhere that will add to the national conversation. This raw, moving exploration of young motherhood gives us a chance to see what it would look like for the US to provide real support for young mothers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807056066
• Artikelnr.: 59966840

Autorenporträt

Nicole Lynn Lewis is a social entrepreneur and founder of the nonprofit Generation Hope. As a teen mother, she put herself through the College of William & Mary, starting as a freshman when her daughter was just 3 months old. She has been named a CNN Hero and won the Roslyn S. Jaffe Award. She has appeared on CNN, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, and many others, and her journey has been covered in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, TeenVogue, the Chronicle for Higher Education, and others. Connect with her on Twitter (@NicoleLynnLewis).

Inhaltsangabe

PART ONE: EXPECTING
CHAPTER 1
The First Bead
CHAPTER 2
Women’s Work
CHAPTER 3
Love Song
CHAPTER 4
Two Pink Lines
CHAPTER 5
Into the Dark
CHAPTER 6
Red
CHAPTER 7
Place
CHAPTER 8
A Soul Melting on Hot Pavement
PART TWO: THE URGE TO PUSH
CHAPTER 9
The Strength in Between
CHAPTER 10
All Good Things
CHAPTER 11
Freedom Dance
CHAPTER 12
Taking Shape
CHAPTER 13
Honors
PART THREE: CROWNING
CHAPTER 14
Inheritance
CHAPTER 15
Breech
CHAPTER 16
CEO
CHAPTER 17
Peace
Acknowledgments
Notes