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Tierney, Geraldine. August 1991- SPOILED GOODS: PROFILES OF SKID ROW WOMEN
Abstract: Research was conducted to: a) provide a current, comprehensive description of the skid row population of homeless persons in Anchorage, Alaska; b) assess and delineate the distinguishing characteristics of women in this group; c) assess the problems and needs of homeless women living in the Saint Charles Street Shelter or on skid row; d) make recommendations to human service providers and policy makers. This study is cross-cultural in perspective. The Anchorage skid row is different from most others in the "lower 48" because of its diverse ethnic population. A majority of respondents were Alaska Natives. The data for this research were collected by ethnographic fieldwork in Anchorage from February through July 1988. From a participant observation role, the research used nondirective interviews to collect profiles of individual women, both Native and Caucasian. The women and men in this study have similar problems: mental illness, substance abuse, poor health, unemployment, low level of occupational skills, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Women, however, have additional problems related to their gender. The women in this study were underserved by existing agencies more than men. They were the objects of sexual harassment more than men. They were also more frequently the objects of discrimination on the basis of their sex than were men.
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