THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER THAT CHANGED AMERICA'S VIEW OF MOTHERHOOD
In the pathbreaking tradition of
Backlash
and
The Second Shift
, this provocative book shows how mothers are systematically disadvantaged and made dependent by a society that exploits those who perform its most critical work. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and research in economics, history, child development, and law, Ann Crittenden proves definitively that although women have been liberated, mothers have not.
Bold, galvanizing, and full of innovative solutions,
The Price of Motherhood
was listed by the
Chicago Tribune
as one of the Top Ten Feminist Literary Works since the publication of Betty Friedan's
Feminine Mystique
. This "bracing call to arms" (Elle) offers a much-needed accounting of the price that mothers pay for performing the most important job in the world.