How did mothers transform from parents of secondary importance in the colonies to having their multiple and complex roles connected to the well-being of the nat

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 wor

In the early twentieth century, Americans often waxed lyrical about “Mother Love,” signaling a conception of motherhood as an all-encompassing identity, roo

In the second half of the eighteenth century, motherhood came to be viewed as women's most important social role, and the figure of the good mother was celebrat

Married in the '70s, Blakely expected to be the kind of mother society could admire. But, caught up in the women's movement--and an increasingly chaotic world--