LEADER 05038nam 2200661 450 001 9910458061503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8135-6380-1 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813563800 035 $a(CKB)2550000001297961 035 $a(EBL)1687659 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001194308 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11681738 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194308 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11147751 035 $a(PQKB)11244174 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1687659 035 $a(OCoLC)879576367 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31609 035 $a(DE-B1597)526213 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813563800 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1687659 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10872309 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL608375 035 $a(OCoLC)879947310 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001297961 100 $a20140526h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aModern motherhood $ean American history /$fJodi Vandenberg-Daves 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey :$cRutgers University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (372 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8135-6379-8 311 $a1-306-77124-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$tPart I. Roots of Modern Motherhood: Early America and the Nineteenth Century --$t1. Inventing a New Role for Mothers --$t2. Contradictions of Moral Motherhood: Slavery, Race, and Reform --$t3. Medicalizing the Maternal Body --$tPart II. Modern Mothers: 1890-1940 --$t4. Science, Expertise, and Advice to Mothers --$t5. Grand Designs: Uplifting and Controlling the Mothers --$t6. Modern Reproduction: The Fit and Unfit Mother --$t7. Mothers' Resilience and Adaptation in Modern America --$tPart III. Mothers of Invention: World War II to the Present --$t8. The Middle-Class Wife-and- Mother Box --$t9. Mother Power and Mother Angst --$t10. Mothers' Changing Lives and Continuous Caregiving --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aHow 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 1960's, 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. 606 $aFamilies$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMotherhood$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aMothers$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFamilies$xHistory. 615 0$aMotherhood$xHistory. 615 0$aMothers$xHistory. 676 $a306.874/3 700 $aVandenberg-Daves$b Jodi$01053024 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458061503321 996 $aModern motherhood$92484653 997 $aUNINA