Laboring mothers : reproducing women and work in the eighteenth century /

Laboring Mothers merges and expands on two feminist dialogues to create a novel transatlantic cultural history of eighteenth-century working motherhood. Addressing both historical women and representations of a "type," the book demonstrates how ideas about the public sphere and maternity i...

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Main Author: Ledoux, Ellen Malenas, 1975- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2023].
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Summary:Laboring Mothers merges and expands on two feminist dialogues to create a novel transatlantic cultural history of eighteenth-century working motherhood. Addressing both historical women and representations of a "type," the book demonstrates how ideas about the public sphere and maternity interacted to create systems of power and privilege among working mothers.
Physical Description:xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813950273
0813950279
9780813950280
0813950287