Perfect motherhood : science and childrearing in America / Rima D. Apple.
Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.Description: xii, 209 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0813537932 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- 0813538432 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780813537931
- 9780813538433
- 306.874/30973 22
- HQ759 .A58 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index.
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".