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For women are not only less well prepared for motherhood than were their own
mothers and grandmothers , but they are also less prepared in the West than in
many pre - industrial societies which live much closer to survival level and which
...
For women are not only less well prepared for motherhood than were their own
mothers and grandmothers , but they are also less prepared in the West than in
many pre - industrial societies which live much closer to survival level and which
...
Page 28
In this same study women who identified their backgrounds as Jewish in the
descriptions of ' the ideal housewife ' emphasized qualities of ' warmth , loving
and being loved , and being respected in the community ' , and less educated
Jewish ...
In this same study women who identified their backgrounds as Jewish in the
descriptions of ' the ideal housewife ' emphasized qualities of ' warmth , loving
and being loved , and being respected in the community ' , and less educated
Jewish ...
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The ideal of the case sheet was a woman who was tucked up in bed , more or
less inert . In writing ' patient resting ' on the card the midwives were offering to
the obstetrician an assessment of which he would approve , for this was his aim
too .
The ideal of the case sheet was a woman who was tucked up in bed , more or
less inert . In writing ' patient resting ' on the card the midwives were offering to
the obstetrician an assessment of which he would approve , for this was his aim
too .
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 27 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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