The 21st Century Motherhood Movement
Subtitle: Mothers Speak Out on Why We Need to Change the World and How to Do It
By: edited by Andrea O'Reilly
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Demeter Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 957
ISBN-13: 9780986667114
Subjects: Motherhood; Feminism; Social change; History
Other titles: Twenty first century motherhood movement
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: Introduction: Maternal Activism as Matricentric Feminism: The History, Ideological Frameworks, Political Strategies and Activist Practices of the 21st Century Motherhood Movement, by Andrea O’Reilly; title: Section I: Becoming a Mother: Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding; title: 1. Empowering Women to Become Mothers: Midwifery in Ontario, 1990-2010, by Judith Mintz; title: 2. Public Education and the Midwives Alliance of North America: Giving Birth to “Mothers Naturally”, by Melissa Cheyney, Elizabeth Moore, and Geradine Simkins; title: 3. Articulating a Rhetoric of Agency for Pregnancy Through Intersectionality: The National Advocates for Pregnant Women, by Michelle Trim; title: 4. Different Songs, Same Harmony: SisterSong’s Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, by Jennifer Musial; title: 5. Birth Trauma Canada: Advocating for the Rights of Childbearing Women, by Penny Christensen; title: 6. Maternity Coalition: Australia’s National Maternity Consumer Advocacy Organization, by Lareen Newman, Kerreen Reiger, and Monica Campo; title: 7. Caritas, donum vitae, pro familia, and Sozialdienst katholischer Frauen: Supporting Mothers and Sustaining the Next Generation of Germany, by Sonja M. Allen; title: 8. The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood: Confronting Maternal Mortality as the Health Scandal of Our Time, by Lynn Comerford; title: 9. Save The Mothers Programs, by Jacqueline Ciccio Parsons; title: 10. Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services (AIMS) Ireland: Supporting Women, Promoting Change, by Christina Bermingham; title: 11. Keeping Mum, Community Art Project: Joining the Dots … Mapping Maternal Identity in Ireland, by Martina Hynan; title: 12. A BOLD Theatre Action: The Birth on Labor Day Movement to Make Maternity Care Mother-Friendly, by Kryn Freehling-Burton; title: 13. The International MotherBaby Childbirth Organization: Working To Create Optimal Maternity Care Worldwide, by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Debra Pascali-Bonaro, Mayri Sagady Leslie, Rae Davies, Hélène Vadeboncoeur, and Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León; title: 14. Surgery is a Natural Birth Plan for Many Women: The Organization electivecesarean.com, by Pauline McDonagh Hull; title: 15. La Leche League International, by Cindy Cowan; title: 16. Middle-Class Mothers as Activists for Change: The Australian Breastfeeding Association, by Virginia Thorley; title: Section II: Maternal Identities; title: 17. Project GirlMom: An Affirmation of Positive Maternal Identity, by Sandy M. May; title: 18. “When you are coming out of the gate placed way behind as a woman and a woman of color…; title: it’s a huge pile on top of you to work your way through”: The Latina Mami Collective, Austin, Texas, by Cristina Herrera; title: 19. Single Mothers by Choice: No Time to Wait for a Perfect Partner, by Veronika Novoselova; title: 20. Incarcerated Mothers, Mothers First and Foremost: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, by Karen Shain; title: 21. The Right to Mother – DAWN-RAFH Canada: 25 Years of Activism for Reproductive Control of Our Bodies, by Jewelles Smith; title: 22. Mocha Moms: Lifting as We Climb, by R. Dianne Bartlow; title: 23. Queering the Family Tree: LGBTQ Parenting Network, Sherbourne Health Centre, by Rachel Epstein; title: Section III: Maternal Advocacy; title: 24. The Mother Centers International Network, by Monika Jaeckel; title: 25. The Birth and Evolution of the National Association of Mothers’ Centers: My Radical Hope, by Lorri Slepian, with Laurie Sylla and Rosanne Weston; title: 26. Empowering First-Time Mothers: The Feminist Coping with Change Maternal Health Promotion Program, by Fiona Joy Green; title: 27. Honouring our Grandmothers’ Spirits: Warriors Against Violence Society, by Donna Lester-Smith and Joyce Fossella; title: 28. Our Family Coalition: Mothering on the Curve, by Heaven Walker; title: 29. Family and Home Network: Listening, Learning and Leading for Over 25 Years, by Catherine H. Myers; title: 30. Attachment Parenting International: Nurturing Generations of Mothers, Children and Families, by Sally Dear-Healey; title: 31. Choice Moms: Building Community, Resources and Services for the Choice Mom Community Worldwide, by Christin Geall; title: 32. Bad Mothers Club: The Online Safe Haven for Australian Mums. Politically Incorrect or Reality Parenting?, by Amanda Cox; title: 33. Feminism by Stealth in the Suburbs: The Feminist Mothers Discussion Group, by Andrea Fox; title: 34. Toronto Feminist Mothers: A Work in Progress, by Tania Jivraj; title: Section IV: Maternal Activism; title: 35. Mothers Are Women, by Kristen Abatsis McHenry; title: 36. MOTHERS Uniting and Organizing for Change: The Next Step in Building a Mothers’ Movement, by Linda Lisi Juergens; title: 37. Mothers & More: Fighting “Invisimomibility”: to Make Mothering Count, by Jenna Vinson; title: 38. Welfare Warriors: Fighting for the Lives of Mothers and Children, by Pat Gowens; title: 39. MomsRising: A Million-Member Organization Working to Ensure Family Economic Security and to End Discrimination Against Mothers, by Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner and Mary Olivella; title: 40. Jennifer Schumaker’s 500 Mile Walk for Togetherness, by Natalie Wilson; title: 41. The LGBT Family Coalition of Quebec, by Nancy Nicol; title: 42. Changing the World One Mother at a Time: The International Mothers and Mothering Network, by Melinda Vandenbeld Giles; title: 43. Mother Outlaws: Building Communities of Empowered: Feminist Mothers in the Mother’hood, by Linn Baran; title: 44. The Mothers Movement Online, by Rachel Sutz Pienta; title: Section V: Violence, Militarism, War and Peace; title: 45. How to Mobilize One Million Mothers: The Million Mom March and the Power of the Social Network, by Rachel Sutz Pienta; title: 46. United Mothers Opposing Violence Everywhere: Moving Up, Moving Outward, by Laura Pennington; title: 47. Taking Back the Streets, Helping Victims Heal: “Mothers In Charge” in Philadelphia, by Abigail L. Palko; title: 48. Policing the Police in Every Mother’s Son: A Profile of Mother-Warriors Seeking Justice in New York City, by Amber Fatima Riaz; title: 49. No Body, No Crime? The Mothers of Acari and the Struggle for Justice and Non-Violence, by Tatiana Moura and Rita Santos; title: 50. Mothers Against Trafficking Humans, by Glendene Grant; title: 51. American Mothers Fighting the Vietnam War: Another Mother for Peace, by Meghan Gibbons; title: 52. The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, by Marguerite Guzmán Bouvard; title: 53. The Mothers of Laleh Park: The Mourning Mothers of Iran Demand an End to Violence, by Susan Logsdon-Conradsen; title: 54. The Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers in Russia: Anti-War and Human Rights Activists, by Susan Logsdon-Conradsen; title: 55. Gold Star Families Speak Out: Coalitions and Anti-War Maternal Activism, by Jocelyn Fenton Stitt; title: 56. Raising a Ruckus with CODEPINK: Women for Peace, by Gayle Brandeis; title: 57. Peace X Peace: Global Motherhood for the Twenty-first Century, by Mary Liston Liepold; title: 58. Cindy Sheehan, by Natalie Wilson; title: Section VI: Social Change and Social Justice; title: 59. Mothers Against Drunk Driving: How Two Mothers’ Personal Pain Birthed a Social Movement, by Laura Dreuth Zeman; title: 60. Mainstreet Moms: Organize or Bust, by Lisa Federer; title: 61 The Mother-Daughter Project, by Renée Schultz; title: 62. The Playground Revolution: Working and Stay-at-Home Parents Fight on the Same Side, by Sarah Cote Hampson; title: 63. Mothers Acting Up: Mobilizing Mothers to Act on Behalf of the World’s Children, by Juliana Forbes and Beth Osnes; title: 64. Moms on the Move: BC Families Supporting People with Special Needs, by Andrea Doyle Hugmeyer; title: 65. Shifting the Paradigm: International Feminists for a Gift Economy, by Genevieve Vaughan; title: 66. Feminist.com, by Amy Richards; title: 67. The Motherhood Project and Mothers for a Human Future: Motherworld Values and the Movement to Preserve Our Humanity, by Enola G. Aird; title: 68. Mothers of East Los Angeles: Trailblazers in Environmental Justice, by R. Dianne Bartlow; title: Section VII: Writing, Researching, and Performing Motherhood; title: 69. An Association, a Journal, and a Press of Our Own: The Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, and Demeter Press, by Andrea O’Reilly; title: 70. Birthing and Re-Birthing Down Under: From ARM-A to AMIRCI, by Marie Porter and Julie Kelso; title: 71. Mapping Maternal Subjectivities, Identities and Ethics, by Sigal Spigel and Lisa Baraitser; title: 72. Supporting Feminist Scholarship and Activism: National Women’s Studies Association Feminist Mothering Caucus, by Arlene Sgoutas; title: 73. Matriarchies as Mother-Centered Societies, by Heide Goettner-Abendroth; title: 74. Moms Rock! with Mamapalooza, by Lynn Kuechle and Joy Rose; title: 75. Museum of Motherhood, The Cultural Family: Honoring Mothers in Perpetuity, by Lynn Kuechle and Joy Rose; title: 76. Hip Mama, by Ariel Gore; title: 77. Things No One Will Tell You: Literary Mama Writes About Motherhood Outside the Mainstream Media, by Caroline M. Grant; title: 78. Yo’Mama/Literature for Life, by Jo Altilia; title: 79. Literary Brainchild: Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers, by Ann Douglas; title: 80. Mothering: A Magazine, a Website, a Cultural Shift, by Peggy O’Mara; title: 81. You Say You Want a Revolution—The Film, by Lynn Kuechle and Joy Rose; title: Organizations; title: Contributor Notes