TY  - BOOK
AU  - Apple,Rima D.
TI  - Perfect motherhood: science and childrearing in America 
SN  - 0813537932 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HQ759 .A58 2006
U1  - 306.874/30973 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New Brunswick, N.J.
PB  - Rutgers University Press
KW  - Mothers
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Motherhood
KW  - Physician and patient
N1  - 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"
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0519/2005024943.html
ER  -