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Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers.

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"Ranging from Gold Star Mothers through natural childbirth, Mom makes the case for treating the decades from the 1920s through the early '60s as one period of sweeping change. This is essential reading for all historians who are interested in the gender politics of modern America." - Sonya Michel, coeditor of Mothers of a New World: Maternalist Politics and the Origins of Welfare States.

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    A Hardback by Rebecca Jo Plant

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9780226670201, 978-0226670201
      ISBN10: 0226670201
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      Social and cultural history Gender studies: women and girls

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      Book Synopsis
      Exploring such topics as maternal caregiving, childbirth, and women's political roles, this title deals with the groups that challenged older ideals of motherhood, including male critics who railed against female moral authority, psychological experts who hoped to expand their influence, and women who wished to be more than wives and mothers.

      Trade Review
      "Ranging from Gold Star Mothers through natural childbirth, Mom makes the case for treating the decades from the 1920s through the early '60s as one period of sweeping change. This is essential reading for all historians who are interested in the gender politics of modern America." - Sonya Michel, coeditor of Mothers of a New World: Maternalist Politics and the Origins of Welfare States.

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