Feminism and motherhood in Western Europe 1890-1970 : the maternal dilemma / Ann Taylor Allen.
"Ann Taylor Allen shows how feminists in Western Europe defined a new dilemma: how could the modern woman find fulfillment both as a mother and as an autonomous, self-determining individual? This is a comparative and transnational history that focuses on Britain, France, Germany, and the Nether...
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction; from destiny to dilemma--motherhood in the twentieth century
- "Aeons of wrong": mothers in prehistory and history
- From patriarchy to partnership: feminism, motherhood, and the law in Western Europe, 1890-1914
- Employment or endowment? The dilemma of motherhood, 1890-1914
- "The right of the child to choose its parents": motherhood and reproductive responsibility in the prewar era
- "The value of babies": mothers, children, and the state in wartime, 1914-1918
- The double burden: marriage, motherhood, and employment in the interwar years
- "Conscious motherhood": birth control, eugenics, and the pursuit of happiness in the interwar era
- "The right to be happy": feminism and child-rearing during the interwar years
- From motherhood to sex roles: the postwar era, 1945-1970.