count on their parents or
relatives to help out with
the kids, she says.
"The support system
that used to be there with
the extended family, with
the grandparents and
aunts and uncles and
neighbors being there to
pitch in when you really
need them, is gone," Ms.
Starr says.
Many of the women par-
ticipating in SPACE, she
says, are working full time
just to pay for child care.
For Robin Wine, 37, a
divorce 10 years ago
meant giving up her house
and moving with her two
children into a condomini-
um while looking for work.
Although she had experi-
ence in the medical field
before her marriage, she
wanted to spend more
time with her daughters
and did not want to "corn-
mit to a 9-5 job."
"I need flexible hours
because I want to be home
every day for my kids
when they come off that
(school) bus," says Ms.
Wine, who sells advertis-
ing for the George Burns
Theatre in Livonia. "I
need to show them some
security."
Despite the problems
and the unexpected hard
times after separation,
many women who are ven-
turing out into the work-
force for the first time —
or for the first time in a
long while — are drawing
strength from their expe-
riences. While most ini-
tially feel swamped by
their new predicament,
some have found the sud-
den leap from a stable life
at home to the cold and
cutthroat world of the
company payroll both an
educational and gratifying
experience.
"You're alone and you
have to make your own
way," says Ms. Gilbert,
who forced herself early
on to "be out of the house."
She says that "nothing
rattles her cage anymore."
Robin Wine, who
describes herself as "hap-
pily divorced," says she is
more independent now
that she is single. She
recalls a situation in
which she battled success-
fully with a car dealership
over a repair bill.
"Two years ago I would
have never done that," Ms.
Wine says. "I would have
just paid the bill and
walked out upset, but now
I speak up for myself. I
don't have a husband to
say, 'Honey do this, or do
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