This article describes the author's attempts to incorporate feminist
principles into a qualitative study of the process of successful restabilization among formerly homeless mother-headed families. It discusses
methods for dealing with such issues as the research agenda, epistemology, and ethics, so the credibility and agenda of feminist qualitative
research is not compromised, and presents case examples from the
author's field journals and transcripts of interviews.
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