Table of Contents: Perfect motherhood

Main Author:	Apple, Rima D. 1944-
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.
Subjects:	Mothers > History. > United States Motherhood > History. > United States Physician and patient > History. > United States
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10153081

Table of Contents:

Redefining motherhood
"Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century
"Mamma's scientific
she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century
"Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II
"The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945
"Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period
"Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century
Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right".