Keeping It All Together: Changing Perspectives on Marriage, Family, and Career Among Older Italian Women By Láura Aguilar Milano Vares B.A., Brown University, 1993 Dissertation Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Anthropology PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND MAY 2015 © Copyright 2015 by Láura Aguilar Milano Vares ! This dissertation by Láura Aguilar Milano Vares is accepted in its present form by the Department of Anthropology as satisfying the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Date _______________ __________________________ Marida Hollos, Advisor Recommended to the Graduate Council Date _______________ __________________________ Daniel J. Smith, Reader Date _______________ __________________________ Jessaca Leinaweaver, Reader Date _______________ __________________________ Vanessa Maher, Reader Approved by the Graduate Council Date _______________ __________________________ Peter Weber, Dean of the Graduate School ! iii Láura&AM&Vares& Box$1921,$Department$of$Anthropology,$Brown$University,$Providence,$RI$02912$
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