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  • © 1990

Feminist Mothers

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Part of the book series: Women in Society (WOSO)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
  2. Introduction

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 1-6
  3. Structures, cultures and personal lives

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 7-20
  4. Feminism: differences and alternatives

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 36-48
  5. Motherhood and subjective experience

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 49-64
  6. Work — yes, careers — no

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 65-78
  7. Children and partners

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 79-104
  8. What is a feminist mother?

    • Tuula Gordon
    Pages 125-150
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 151-169

About the author

TUULA GORDON is Professor in Women's Studies and Social Sciences in the Department of Women's Studies, University of Tampere. She obtained her sociology degree at London School of Economics and her doctorate at the University of London. She has also taught at the University of Helsinki. She is the author of Single Women: On the Margin, Feminist Mothers and Democracy in One School? Progressive Education and Restructuring, and co-editor of Unresolved Dilemmas: Women, Work and the Family in the United States, Europe and the Former Soviet Union.

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