Babymania
Katha Pollitt, 21 March 1996
Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness
by Elaine Tyler May.
Basic Books, 318 pp., $24, June 1995,0 465 00609 4 Show More
by Elaine Tyler May.
Basic Books, 318 pp., $24, June 1995,
Mothers in Law: Feminist Theory and the Legal Regulation of Motherhood
edited by Martha Albertson Fineman and Isabel Karpin.
Columbia, 398 pp., £12.95, June 1995,9780231096812 Show More
edited by Martha Albertson Fineman and Isabel Karpin.
Columbia, 398 pp., £12.95, June 1995,
What about Us? An Open Letter to the Mothers Feminism Forgot
by Maureen Freely.
Bloomsbury, 224 pp., £15.99, October 1995,0 7475 2304 5 Show More
by Maureen Freely.
Bloomsbury, 224 pp., £15.99, October 1995,
Kidding Ourselves: Breadwinning, Babies and Bargaining Power
by Rhona Mahony.
Basic Books, 277 pp., $23, June 1995,0 465 08594 6 Show More
by Rhona Mahony.
Basic Books, 277 pp., $23, June 1995,
“... and Gloria Steinem for every unresolved conflict in her life, is going to forward that goal. Rhona Mahony’s Kidding Ourselves: Bread-winning, Babies and Bargaining Power locates Freely’s problem squarely in the unequivocal division of labour in her home. When Freely alternately grumbles about her role as chief cook and bottlewasher and insists ... ”
