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Forget "having it all" : how America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it, by Amy Westervelt

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Author
Summary
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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First Edition.
Extent
vii, 309 pages
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"
Isbn
9781580057868
Instance
Label
Forget "having it all" : how America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it
Title
Forget "having it all"
Title remainder
how America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it
Statement of responsibility
by Amy Westervelt
Title variation
How America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
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
Tone
Writing style
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10738760
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Westervelt, Amy
Dewey number
306.874/3
Index
index present
LC call number
HQ759
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Motherhood
  • Working mothers
  • Stay-at-home mothers
  • Work and family
  • Feminism
Target audience
adult
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
how America messed up motherhood--and how to fix it
Label
Forget "having it all" : how America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it, by Amy Westervelt
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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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"
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Edition.
Extent
vii, 309 pages
Isbn
9781580057868
Lccn
2018031136
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
Forget "having it all" : how America messed up motherhood-and how to fix it, by Amy Westervelt
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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"
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First Edition.
Extent
vii, 309 pages
Isbn
9781580057868
Lccn
2018031136
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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