This article proposes a new area of feminist practice: bereavement work
with adult daughters whose mothers died. It reviews the dynamics of
the loss of the mother in the context of societal repression of grieving
and the devaluation of women's roles as mothers and provides basic
information for personal and professional interventions, including an
educational workshop for women whose mothers died or who wish to
prepare for their mothers' death.
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