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their new roles as both
parent and provider. "It
wasn't supposed to be this
way. When they first got
married, they never
thought this was going to
happen."
Ms. Weiner says that
separation often brings
"instant poverty" for
women, who are forced to
take marginal jobs in an
effort to maintain their
family's style of living.
JFS can offer immediate
financial assistance, direc-
tion on legal issues and
emergency food relief. Ms.
Weiner says it often takes
women up to two years to
put their lives back on
track.
"There are always
issues of sadness and loss,
even when money is not
an issue," she says.
In addition to financial
burdens, some newly
divorced and widowed
women are instantly del-
uged with tasks which
they may never have expe-
rienced because they have
never acted as the head of
a household.
For some, separation
from their husbands
means they will be filing
their first tax return, pur-
chasing their first insur-
ance policy, or making
their first mortgage pay-
ment. Many will have to
learn how to raise their
children singlehandedly
while looking for full-time
employment and drawing
up a household budget.
"It's a new stage of life
that no one ever expects to
be in, and whether or not
you're prepared for it,
you're there," says Anita
Gilbert, 47, whose hus-
band died three years ago
and only 10 days after
being diagnosed with can-
cer.
Ms. Gilbert manages an
eyewear store in the
Summit Place Mall and
credits her relatives and
four children with sup-
porting her through her
grief. She used her 12
years of bookkeeping
experience to get various
jobs, including one at the
Ira Kaufman Chapel,
before taking her current
position. She has found
that employers sometimes
prefer displaced home-
makers because they are
perceived as more depend-
able.
"The employers see sta-
bility, they see maturity.
This is not a person who is
going to run off and get
pregnant and leave you,"
she says.
The employment chal-

lenges faced by single
mothers are generally not
as severe for the younger
generation, Ms. Weiner
says. Younger women typ-
ically have college degrees
and solid experience in
the workforce before their
marriages and are more
prepared for single life,
she said. But for women in
their 50s, 60s and 70s,
separation can be a disas-
ter.
"These women have
nothing to do with their
time. They have no social
role," she says.
In looking for work, a
significant number of dis-
placed homemakers
choose sales because of
the potential for quick
earnings and the flexibili-
ty of hours, according to
Dorothy Schmittdiel, who
coordinates the Displaced
Homemakers program for
JVS.
The program, which
receives 20 to 50 applica-
tions per month and usu-
ally has a waiting list,

"It's a new stage,
whether or not
you're prepared."

helps these women identi-
fy skills, choose careers,
and land jobs. Ms
Schmittdiel says office
positions are the best
because of the potential to
learn new skills on the
job, and that the single
most needed skill for
women is computer train-
ing.
However, Ms. Schmitt-
diel remarks that even
women who have never
worked before usually
have some skills.
"The volunteer work
many of them have done
involves a lot more skill
than most of these entry-
level jobs, like fund-rais-
ing, event planning, orga-
nization, and so on," she
says.
Ms. Schmittdiel says
about 60 percent of the
women who go through
the Displaced Homemaker
program take jobs right
away, while about 25 per-
cent go back to school.
In addition to employ-
ment, child care can be a
pressing issue for dis-
placed homemakers, says
Irma Starr, director of the
National Council of
Jewish Women's SPACE
program, a support group
for families in transition.
The increased mobility
of Americans means
women can no longer

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