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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 nation? In the first comprehensive history of motherhood in the United States, Jodi Vandenberg-Daves explores how tensions over the maternal role have been part and parcel of the development of American society. Modern Motherhood travels through redefinitions of motherhood over time, as mothers encountered a growing cadre of medical and psychological experts, increased their labor force participation, gained the right to vote, agitated for more resources to perform their maternal duties, and demonstrated their vast resourcefulness in providing for and nurturing their families. Navigating rigid gender role prescriptions and a crescendo of mother-blame by the middle of the twentieth century, mothers continued to innovate new ways to combine labor force participation and domestic responsibilities. By the 1960s, they were poised to challenge male expertise, in areas ranging from welfare and abortion rights to childbirth practices and the confinement of women to maternal roles. In the twenty-first century, Americans continue to struggle with maternal contradictions, as we pit an idealized role for mothers in children's development against the social and economic realities of privatized caregiving, a paltry public policy structure, and mothers' extensive employment outside the home. Building on decades of scholarship and spanning a wide range of topics, Vandenberg-Daves tells an inclusive tale of African American, Native American, Asian American, working class, rural, and other hitherto ignored families, exploring sources ranging from sermons, medical advice, diaries and letters to the speeches of impassioned maternal activists. Chapter topics include: inventing a new role for mothers; contradictions of moral motherhood; medicalizing the maternal body; science, expertise, and advice to mothers; uplifting and controlling mothers; modern reproduction; mothers' resilience and adaptation; the middle-class wife and mother; mother power and mother angst; and mothers' changing lives and continuous caregiving. While the discussion has been part of all eras of American history, the discussion of the meaning of modern motherhood is far from over

Poetry has always been our refuge in this life. We read it when we want to find our sanity, our balance, and hope in the days we aren't feeling so great. And often, the hardest thing is to find the right style of poetry that speaks to the right state of mind we're in. In our second collective poetry book, following the success of our first one "Fields of Poetry", we bring to you new poetic voices from the UAE. This book features a beautiful variation of different poetry styles, tackling themes such as love, fantasy, history, spirituality, society, and so many great other themes that will leave you wanting more of those poetic voices. Authors: Hassan Al Marashi , L. Toma , Shameema Alam , Alia Al Shamsi , Enas Rashid , Dr. Jana Bou Reslan , Dr. Mariam Ketait , Nityaansh Parekh , Reem Thani Alhalyan.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- PART II -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- PART III -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- PART IV -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- Chapter 16 -- Notes on Contributors -- Deepest appreciation to Demeter's monthly Donors.

Ann Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support is undertaken. The book has much resonance for social science researchers and others interested in the experiences of mothers, and the relations between social research, academic knowledge and public policy.