The politics of parenthood
Subtitle: child care, women's rights, and the myth of the good mother
By: Mary Frances Berry
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Child care -- Government policy -- United States; Child care services -- Government policy -- United States; Women -- Employment -- United States; Women's rights -- United States; Work and family -- United States
Notes: Originally published: New York : Viking, 1993

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-288) and index
Table of contents: title: Searching for solutions; title: Father care, other care; title: Mother care, other care; title: Reinforcing the mother-care tradition, 1900-1930; title: Extending the mother-care tradition, 1930-1960; title: Challenging the mother-care tradition, 1960-1980; title: The mother-care tradition renewed, 1980-1988; title: Toward a national child-care policy, 1988-1990; title: The next agenda