What you'll find in Motherhood and Feminism...
Kinser first lays out five primary feminist themes and explains how they apply to motherhood.
She then discusses how, at the turn of the (previous) century, women used their socially prescribed roles as mothers to extend their influence beyond the “private” sphere.
Moving from the Vote up through the 1960s/70s, Kinser explores the changing role that motherhood played not only in women’s efforts to advance various social causes, but also in political leaders’ efforts to advance their own agendas.
She then examines the evolution from 1980s pronatalism to the explosion of mommy blogs and the roles that social policy and maternal writing and activism played in them.
Finally, Kinser looks at the expansion of contemporary mother activism in the last fifteen years or so, and suggests multiple and concrete ideas for bringing about national, community, and individual change.
She then discusses how, at the turn of the (previous) century, women used their socially prescribed roles as mothers to extend their influence beyond the “private” sphere.
Moving from the Vote up through the 1960s/70s, Kinser explores the changing role that motherhood played not only in women’s efforts to advance various social causes, but also in political leaders’ efforts to advance their own agendas.
She then examines the evolution from 1980s pronatalism to the explosion of mommy blogs and the roles that social policy and maternal writing and activism played in them.
Finally, Kinser looks at the expansion of contemporary mother activism in the last fifteen years or so, and suggests multiple and concrete ideas for bringing about national, community, and individual change.