Feminism and Motherhood: An American Reading

Freidan Betty The Feminine Mystique New York: W. W. Norton & Co.

Rossi Alice ‘Transition to parenthood’ Journal of Marriage and the Family Vol. 1, No. 30.

* Moynihan Daniel Patrick ‘The Negro Family: The Case for National Action’.

Willis Ellen ‘Whatever happened to women? Nothing, that's the trouble’ Mademoiselle September.

Pollard Vicki ‘Producing society's babies’ Women: A Journal of Liberation Fall.

Firestone Shulamith The Dialectic of Sex New York: William Morrow.

Tanner Leslie editor, Voices From Women's Liberation New York: Signet.

BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH COURSE COLLECTIVE Our Bodies, Ourselves Boston: New England Free Press.

Peck Ellen The Baby Trap New York: Pinnacle Books.

*COMPREHENSIVE CHILD DEVELOPMENT ACT passed by Congress, vetoed by Richard Nixon (Child care funds).

Radl Shirley Mother's Day is Over New York: Charterhouse.

Gilder George Sexual Suicide New York: Quadrangle Books.

Roe V. Wade . The Supreme Court guarantees the abortion right.

Peck Ellen , and Senderowitz Judith Pronatalism: The Myth of Mom and Apple Pie New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

Bernerd Jessie The Future of Motherhood New York: The Dial Press.

Mitchell Juliet Psychoanalysis and Feminism: Freud, Reich, Laing, and Women New York: Pantheon Books.

Hammer Signe Daughters and Mothers, Mothers and Daughters New York: Quadrangle Books.

Valeska Lucia ‘If all else fails, I'm still a mother’ Quest, Vol. 1, No. 3, Winter.

Chodorow Nancy , and Cantratto Susan ‘The fantasy of the perfect mother’ Social Problems, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Cixous Hélène ‘The laugh of the Medusa’ Signs Vol. 1, No. 4, Summer: 875–93.

Dinnerstein Dorothy The Mermaid and the Minotaur: Sexual Arrangements and Human Malaise New York: Harper & Row.

Gordon Linda Woman's Body, Woman's Right: Birth Control in America Grossman Publishers.

Lazarre Jane The Mother Knot New York: McGraw-Hill.

Rich Adrienne Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution New York: W. W. Norton.

Russo N.F. ‘The motherhood mandate’ Journal of Social Issues, Vol. 32, No. 3.

Friday Nancy My Mother/My self: The Daughter's Search for Identity New York: Delacorte Press.

Klepfisz Irena ‘Women without children/women without families/women alone’ reprinted in Dreams of an Insomniac: Jewish Feminist Essays Speeches, and Diatribes Eight Mountain Press (1990).

Joffe Carole Friendly Intruders: Childcare Professionals and Family Life Berkeley: University of California Press.

Kristeva Julia ‘Love's heretical ethics’ Tel Quel 74, Winter: 39–49.

Rossi Alice ‘A biosocial perspective on parenting’ Daedelus, Vol. 106, No. 3.

*HYDE AMENDMENT No Medicaid abortions, end of abortions for poor women.

*LASCH, Christopher Haven in a Heartless World New York: Basic Books.

Chodorow Nancy The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and The Sociology of Gender Berkeley: University of California Press.

BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE Ourselves and Our Children: A Book by and for Parents New York: Random House.

FEMINIST STUDIES Special Issue Toward a Feminist Theory of Motherhood’ Vol. 4, No. 2, June.

Hoffner Elaine Mothering: The Emotional Experience of Motherhood after Freud and Feminism New York: Doubleday Inc.

Wallace Michele Black Macho and the Myth of the Super-Woman New York: The Dial Press.

Arcana Judith Our Mother's Daughters Berkeley: Shameless Hussy Press.

CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse) Women Under Attack: Abortion, Sterilization Abuse and Reproductive Freedom New York.

Chesler Phyllis With Child: A Diary of Motherhood New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

FEMINIST STUDIES Special Issue ‘Workers, Reproductive Hazards and the Politics of Protection’ No. 5, Summer.

Friedan Betty ‘Feminism takes a new turn’ The New York Times, 26 August.

Lorde Audre ‘Man Child: a black lesbian feminist's response’ Conditions 4.

Willis Ellen ‘The family: love it or leave it’ The Village Voice v. XXIV, No. 38, 17 September: 1, 29–35.

Lerner Michael ‘Friends of Families’ organizing drive, California, c. 1979–82.

NOW ‘National Assembly on the Future of the Family’ Conference, New York Hilton Hotel, 19 November.

‘THE SCHOLAR AND THE FEMINIST VI: THE FUTURE OF DIFFERENCE’ Conference, Barnard College, New York 29 April.

Badinter Elizabeth Mother Love: Myth and Reality New York: Macmillan.

Ehrensaft Diane ‘When men and women mother’ Socialist Review 49, Vol. 10, No. 4, Summer.

Eisenstein Hester , and Jardine Alice editors, The Future of Difference Boston: G. K. Hall & Co.

Marks Elaine , and De COURTIVRON Isabelle , editors, New French Feminisms, An Anthology Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Oakley Ann Becoming a Mother New York: Schocken Books. Women Confused: Toward a Sociology of Childbirth New York: Schocken Books.

Ruddick S ‘Maternal thinking’ Feminist Studies Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer: 342–67.

Weisskopf Susan Contratto ‘Maternal sexuality and asexual motherhood’ Signs Vol. 5, No. 4, Summer.

Bridenthal Renate , Kelly Joan , Swerdlow Amy , and Vine Phyllis , editors, Household and Kin: Families in Flux New York: The Feminist Press.

Brown Carol ‘Mothers, fathers, and children: from private to public patriarchy’ reprinted in Women and Revolution, edited by Lydia Sargent, Boston: South End Press.

Dowrick Stephanie , and Grundberg Sibyl Why Children? New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Friedan Betty The Second Stage New York: Simon & Schuster.

Hirsch M. ‘Mothers and daughters: a review’ Signs Vol. 7, No. 1.

Lorber J. , Coser R. L. , Rossi A. S. , and Chodorow N. ‘On The Reproduction of Mothering: a methodological debate’ Signs Vol. 7, No. 1.

O'BRIEN Mary The Politics of Reproduction New York: Routledge.

THE FAMILY PROTECTION ACT proposed.

Barrett Michele , and Mcintosh Mary The Anti-Social Family London: Verso.

Gilbert Lucy , and Webster Paula Bound by Love: The Sweet Trap of Daughterhood Boston: Beacon Press.

Gilligan Carol In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press.

Lerner L. ‘Reproduction of mothering: an appraisal’ The Psychoanalytic Review Vol. 51, No. 1.

Rothman Barbara Katz In Labor: Women and Power in the Birth Place New York: W. W. Norton.

Thorne Barrie , and Yalom Marilyn Rethinking the Family: Some Feminist Questions New York and London: Longman.

*ERA defeated.

Dally Ann Inventing Motherhood: The Consequences of an Ideal New York: Shocken Books.

Daniels Pamela , and Weingarten Kathy Sooner or Later New York: W. W. Norton.

Diamond Irene editor, Families, Politics and Public Policy: A Feminist Dialogue On the State New York: Longman.

Folbre Nancy ‘Of patriarchy born: the political economy of fertility decisions’ Feminist Studies Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer.

Porter Nancy reviewing ‘Mothering: essays in feminist theory’ Women's Studies Quarterly Vol. VII, Winter.

Riley Denise War in the Nursery: Theories of the Child and the Mother London: Virago.

Alpert J.L. , Gerson M. , and Richardson M. S. Mothering: the view from psychological research’ Signs Vol. 9, No. 3.

Arditti Rita , Klein Renate Duelli , and Minden Shelley Test-Tube Women: What Future for Motherhood? London and Boston: Pandora Press.

BOSTON WOMEN'S HEALTH BOOK COLLECTIVE The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: A Book by and for Women New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster.

Delphy Christine Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Women's Oppression Amherst: University of Massachusetts.

Gerson Mary-Joan ‘Feminism and the wish for a child’ Sex Roles, Vol. VII September.

Giddings Paula When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America New York: William Morrow.

Greer Germaine Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility New York: Harper & Row.

Hooks Bell ‘Revolutionary parenting’ reprinted in From Margin to Center Boston: South End Press.

Luker Kristen Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood Berkeley and London: University of California Press.

Petchesky Rosalind Abortion and Women's Choice: The State, Sexuality, and Reproductive Freedom New York: Longman.

Rapp Rayna ‘The ethics of choice: after my amniocentesis, Mike and I faced the toughest decision of our lives’ Ms. April.

Sevenhuijsen Selma , and Devries Petra ‘The women's movement and motherhood’ reprinted in A Creative Tension: Key Issues of Socialist Feminism: An

International Perspective from Activist Dutch Women, 9–25 Boston: South End Press.

Simons Margaret A ‘Motherhood, feminism, and identity’ Women's Studies International Forum Vol. 7, No. 5: 349–59.

Trebilcot Joyce editor, Mothering: Essays in Feminist Theory Totowa: Rowman & Allanheld.

Corea Gena The Mother Machine: Reproductive Technologies from Artificial Insemination to Artificial Wombs New York: Harper & Row.

Folbre Nancy ‘The pauperization of motherhood: patriarchy and public policy in the United States’ Review of Radical Political Economics, Vol. 16, No. 4, Winter.

Gerson Kathleen Hard Choices: How Women Decide about Work, Career, and Motherhood Berkeley and London: University of California Press.

Gittins Diana The Family in Question London and New York: Macmillan.

Haraway Donna ‘A manifesto for cyborgs: science technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s’ Socialist Review 80.

Pies Cheri Considering Parenthood San Francisco: Spinsters Book Co.

Renvoize Jean Going Solo: Single Mothers by Choice Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Schulenberg Joy Gay Parenting: A Complete Guide for Gay Men and Lesbians with Children. New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday.

Weitzman Lenore J The Divorce Revolution: The Unexpected Social and Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America New York: Free Press.

Zelizer Viviana Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children New York: Basic Books.

Allen Jeffner ‘Motherhood: the annihilation of women’ In Lesbian Philosophy: Explorations Palo Alto: Institute of Lesbian Studies.

Atwood Margaret The Handmaid's Tale Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Barrett Michele , and Hamilton Roberta The Politics of Diversity: Feminism, Marxism, and Nationalism London: Verso.

Chesler Phyllis Mothers on Trial: The Battle for Children and Custody Seattle: Seal Press.

Gerson Kathleen ‘Emerging social divisions among women: implications for welfare state politics’ Politics and Society, Vol. 15, No. 2: 213–24.

Heron Liz ‘Motherhood … to have or have not? In Changes of Heart: Reflections on Women's Independence, pp. 177–218, Boston: Pandora Press.

Hewlett Sylvia Ann A Lesser Life: The Myth of Women's Liberation in America New York: William Morrow.

Hypatia Special Issue ‘Motherhood and sexuality’ Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall.

Kantrowitz Barbara ‘Three's a crowd’ Newsweek 1 September: 68–76.

Mairs Nancy ‘On being raised by a daughter’ Plaintext University of Arizona.

Miller Sue The Good Mother New York: Harper & Row.

MS Special Issue ‘When to have your baby’ December.

Omolade Barbara ‘It's a family affair: the real lives of black single mothers’ Village Voice, 16 July.

Rothman Barbara Katz The Tentative Pregnancy: Prenatal Diagnosis and the Future of Motherhood New York: Viking.

* Mcbroom Patricia A. The Third Sex: The New Professional Woman New York: William Morrow.

*NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE ‘The American Wife’ 26 October.

Ehrensaft Diane Parenting Together New York: Free Press.

Genevie Louis E. , and Margolies Eva The Motherhood Report: How Women Feel About Being Mothers New York: Macmillan.

Gleve Katherine ‘Rethinking feminist attitudes towards motherhood’ Feminist Review 25, Spring.

Martin Emily The Woman in the Body: A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction Boston: Beacon Press.

Petchesky Rosalind ‘Fetal images’ Feminist Studies, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Pollack Sandra , and Vaughan Jeanne editors, Politics of the Heart: A Lesbian Parenting Anthology Ithaca: Firebrand Books.

Pruett Kyle The Nurturing Father: Journeys Toward the Complete Man New York: Warner Books.

Rosenfelt Deborah , and Stacey Judith ‘Second thoughts on the second wave’ Feminist Studies Vol. 13, No. 2.

Segal Lynne Is the Future Female? Troubled Thoughts on Contemporary Feminism New York: Peter Bedrick Books.

Segal Lynne ‘Back to the nursery’ New Statesman 1 February.

SOJOURNER Special Issue ‘Motherhood is political: the ideal vs the real’.

Spallone Patricia , and Steinberg Lynn Made to Order: The Myth of Reproductive and Genetic Progress New York: Pergamon Press.

Stanworth Michelle editor, Reproductive Technologies: Gender, Motherhood and Medicine Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

*TIME MAGAZINE ‘Here come the dinks’ 20 April: 75.

* Wattenberg Ben J. ‘The birth dearth’ Pharos Books.

*THE BABY M CASE in the news.

Aguero Kathi , and Gordett Marea ‘Mothering and writing: a conversation’ Women's Review of Books July.

Benjamin Jessica The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and the Problem of Domination New York: Pantheon Books.

CARASA (Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse) Women Under Attack: Victories, Backlash, and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom edited by Davis Susan E. , Boston: South End Press, Pamphlet No. 7 (The Athene Series).

Chesler Phyllis Sacred Bond: The Legacy of Baby M New York: Times Books.

Eisenstein Zillah R. The Female Body and the Law Berkeley and London: University of California Press.

Epstein Cynthia Fuchs Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender, and the Social Order Boston: Yale University Press.

Grabucher Marianne There's a Good Girl: Gender Stereotyping in the First Three Years of Life: A Diary trans. from the German by Wendy Philipson, London: The Women's Press Ltd.

Herman Ellen ‘Desperately seeking motherhood’ Zeta March.

Quindlen Anna ‘Mother's choice’ Ms February.

Weideger Paula ‘Womb worship’ Ms February.

Weinberg Joanna ‘Shared Dreams: a left perspective on disability rights and reproductive rights’ in Women with Disabilities, edited by Adrienne Asch and Michelle Fine. Temple.

*FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (Workfare).

Douglas Susan J ‘Otherhood’ In These Times September: 12–13.

Edwards Harriet How Could You? Mothers Without Custody of Their Children The Crossing Press.

Ferguson Ann Blood at the Root: Motherhood, Sexuality, and Male Dominance London: Pandora Press.

Gerson Deborah ‘Infertility and the Construction of Desperation’ Socialist Review Vol. 19, No. 3, July/September.

Ginsburg Faye D Contested Lives: The Abortion Debate in an American Community Berkeley and London: University of California Press.

Hirsch Marianne The Mother-Daughter Plot: Narrative, Psychoanalysis, and Feminism Indiana University Press.

HYPATIA Special Issue ‘Ethics and reproduction’ Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall.

Hochschild Arlie The Second Shift London and New York: Viking Penguin.

Olivier Christiane Jocasta's Children: The Imprint of the Mother New York: Routledge.

Rothman Barbara Katz Recreating Motherhood: Ideology and Technology in a Patriarchal Society New York: W. W. Norton.

Ruddick Sally Maternal Thinking: Towards a Politics of Peace Boston: Beacon.

Sevenhuijsen S. , and Smart Carol editors, Child Custody and the Politics of Gender New York: Routledge.

Arnup Katherine , Levesque Andree , and Pierson Ruth Roach Delivering Motherhood: Maternal Ideologies and Practices in the 19th and 20th Centuries New York: Routledge.

Chamberlayne Prue ‘The mother's manifesto and disputes over “Mutterlichkeit”’ Feminist Review No. 35, Summer: 9–23.

Cole Ellen , and Knowles Jane Price editors Woman-Defined Motherhood Binghamton: Harrington Park Press.

Ehrensaft Diane ‘Feminists fight (for) fathers’ Socialist Review 4: 57–80.

Finger Anne Past Due: A Story of Disability, Pregnancy, and Birth Seattle: Seal Press.

Gordon Tuula Feminist Mothers New York: New York University Press.

Kaminer Wendy A Fearful Freedom: Women's Flight from Equality Addison-Wesley.

Morell Carolyn MacKelcan ‘Unwomanly conduct: the challenges of intentional childlessness’ Dissertation, Bryn Mawr.

O'BARR Jean , editors Ties that Bind: Essays on Mothering and Patriarchy Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.

Rapping Elayne ‘The future of motherhood: some unfashionably visionary thoughts’ In Women, Class, and the Feminist Imagination edited by Hanson Karen V. , and Philipson Ilene J. Temple.

Sandelowski Margarete . ‘Fault lines: infertility and imperiled sisterhood’ Feminist Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, Spring: 33–51.

White Evelyn C. editor, The Black Women's Health Book: Speaking for Ourselves Seattle: Seal Press.

Wilt Judith Abortion, Choice, and Contemporary Fiction: The Armageddon of the Maternal Instinct Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.