Perfect motherhood science and childrearing in America /
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| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
c2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Redefining 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".