ABSTRACT
Feminist researchers have long noted that women are often overlooked. Their social and economic contributions are marginalized and research on their poor positions in health and society is often sidelined in favor of more “main-stream” interest in male authority and welfare. In particular, widows have been a neglected category in studies—including many feminist ones— perhaps because they are deemed to be elderly and celibate, to be cared for by other family members, and to contribute little to household production (Potash 1986a).
