We were able to buy a new 4br 3ba home in the heart of Silicon Valley for $26,950 in 1963, and a 3br 2ba cabin at Lake Tahoe for $16,000 in 1967. Can a single woman live off of 50,000 a year. I guess we just have to blame progress. Single Woman South AfricaFALL RIVER — A new report on poverty paints a bleak picture for women living in the cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The Women’s Fund of Southeastern Massachusetts, in partnership with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Public Policy Center, released local numbers that tell just how poor women are in these cities. The report revealed that a quarter of all women living in both New Bedford and Fall River are living at or below federal poverty levels. “We live on $15,000 a year for a family of three,” said Fall River resident Dana Ross Shields. Shields was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 10 years ago.
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