Forget "having It All"
How America Messed Up Motherhood--and How to Fix It
New York, NY : Seal Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: vii, 309 pages ; 24 cm
Examines the history of American ideas about motherhood, how those ideas have impacted all women whether or not they have children, and calls for changes in workplace policies, cultural norms, and personal attitudes about motherhood.
Contents:
Being a mother shouldn't suck -- Pioneer women -- Birthing a nation -- The industrial revolution and the division of labor -- Scientific motherhood and modern reproduction -- From Rosie the Riveter to the 1950s housewife -- Second-wave feminism -- Opting out, leaning in, and falling over -- The fertility-industrial complex -- The patriarchs -- Redefining "it all".
Subjects:
Motherhood -- United States.
Working mothers -- United States.
Stay-at-home mothers -- United States.
Work and family -- United States.
Feminism -- United States.
Motherhood -- United States.
Working mothers -- United States.
Stay-at-home mothers -- United States.
Work and family -- United States.
Feminism -- United States.
ISBN:
9781580057868 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PARENTING Motherhood Wes | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
PARENTING Motherhood Wes | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-293) and index.