LEADER 03711nam 22006614a 450 001 9910451875003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-13358-6 010 $a9786613806161 010 $a0-8135-3998-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813539980 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469406 035 $a(EBL)966954 035 $a(OCoLC)799766919 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000219690 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219690 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10247750 035 $a(PQKB)11480132 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC966954 035 $a(OCoLC)77566810 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21294 035 $a(DE-B1597)529316 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813539980 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL966954 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10153081 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL380616 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469406 100 $a20050913d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPerfect motherhood$b[electronic resource] $escience and childrearing in America /$fRima D. Apple 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-3793-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index. 327 $aRedefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right". 330 $aParenting today is virtually synonymous with worry. We want to ensure that our children are healthy, that they get a good education, and that they grow up to be able to cope with the challenges of modern life. In our anxiety, we are keenly aware of our inability to know what is best for our children. When should we toilet train? What is the best way to encourage a fussy child to eat? How should we protect our children from disease and injury? Before the nineteenth century, maternal instinct?a mother?s ?natural know-how??was considered the only tool necessary for effective childrearing. Over the past two hundred years, however, science has entered the realm of motherhood in increasingly significant ways. In Perfect Motherhood, Rima D. Apple shows how the growing belief that mothers need to be savvy about the latest scientific directives has shifted the role of expert away from the mother and toward the professional establishment. Apple, however, argues that most women today are finding ways to negotiate among the abundance of scientific recommendations, their own knowledge, and the reality of their daily lives. 606 $aMothers$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMotherhood$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aPhysician and patient$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMothers$xHistory. 615 0$aMotherhood$xHistory. 615 0$aPhysician and patient$xHistory. 676 $a306.874/30973 700 $aApple$b Rima D$g(Rima Dombrow),$f1944-$0854738 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451875003321 996 $aPerfect motherhood$92474228 997 $aUNINA