Why read Liberating Motherhood?

Book cover of Liberating Motherhood: Birthing the Purplestockings Movement

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If it is true that there have been waves of feminism, then mothers’ rights are the flotsam left behind on the ocean surface of patriarchy. For all the talk of women’s liberation, when it is predicated on liberation from motherhood, it is no liberation at all. Under twenty-first century capitalism,…

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1 author picked Liberating Motherhood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Rosjke Hasseldine

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I like this book because it is well-researched and reveals the politics of mothering. As Vanessa Olorenshaw notes, “mothers’ rights are the flotsam left behind on the ocean surface of patriarchy.” This is a must-read book for all mothers and daughters because the women’s movement has yet to prioritize the rights of mothers to not be the world’s caregivers.

From Rosjke's list on The best books to read about the mother-daughter relationship.