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First American Edition Copyright © 1978 by Sheila Kitzinger All rights reserved
under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the
United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in Great ...
First American Edition Copyright © 1978 by Sheila Kitzinger All rights reserved
under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the
United States by Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published in Great ...
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The role taken by many black women in the United States, especially in the deep
South, as mothers and wage earners, if necessary without the support of a male,
is often, probably incorrectly, assumed to be the product of a breakdown in the ...
The role taken by many black women in the United States, especially in the deep
South, as mothers and wage earners, if necessary without the support of a male,
is often, probably incorrectly, assumed to be the product of a breakdown in the ...
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I3o PERINATAL MoRTALITY IN THE count RIEs of EuroPE* Perinatal mortality
per 10oo births (to the nearest decimal point) 1969 Most recent United States
27.1 20.5 (1975) England and Wales 23.7 17.o (1977) Scotland 25.6 18.3 (1977)
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I3o PERINATAL MoRTALITY IN THE count RIEs of EuroPE* Perinatal mortality
per 10oo births (to the nearest decimal point) 1969 Most recent United States
27.1 20.5 (1975) England and Wales 23.7 17.o (1977) Scotland 25.6 18.3 (1977)
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Contents
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Getting and Not Getting Pregnant | 54 |
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