Mothers who leave : behind the myth of women without their children / Rosie Jackson.
- Jackson, Rosemary
- Date:
- [1994]
- Books
About this work
Description
In Britain as estimated 100,000 women live without their children ; in the United States at least half a million. Yet mothers who've left are still thought of as unnatural, deviant, even immoral.
Publication/Creation
London : Pandora, [1994]
Physical description
333 pages ; 22 cm
Related material
This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y
Notes
Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.
Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Be
Contents
Icons of good mothering -- and what happens to women who break them -- Out of the doll's house -- the politics of leaving -- The mother's point of view -- Inside story -- making the unconscious conscious.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-320) and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionHQ759.5 1994J13mOpen shelves
Permanent link
Identifiers
ISBN
- 0044408994
- 9780044408994