Examines the common belief that mothers should invest an enormous amount of time and energy in raising children, which places an additional burden on working wo

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sharon Hays' landmark book, The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood, this collection will revisit Hays' concept of "

This text explores the impact of recent welfare reform on motherhood, marriage, and work in women's lives. It also focuses on what welfare reform reveals about

To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sharon Hays’ landmark book, The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood, this collection will revisit Hays’ concept

How 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 nat