Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 132
... labor , is not usually suffering from disease . The midwives ' ignorance of progress in medicine and surgery , on ... labor of millions of moth- ers were denied the possibility of working with the tools later developed to facilitate the ...
... labor , is not usually suffering from disease . The midwives ' ignorance of progress in medicine and surgery , on ... labor of millions of moth- ers were denied the possibility of working with the tools later developed to facilitate the ...
Page 152
... labor - labor as contrasted with work , which has a real goal and a meaning . The labor of child- birth has been a form of forced labor . For cen- turies , most women had no means of preventing con- ception , and they carried the ...
... labor - labor as contrasted with work , which has a real goal and a meaning . The labor of child- birth has been a form of forced labor . For cen- turies , most women had no means of preventing con- ception , and they carried the ...
Page 177
... labor , however , has to pass through the " transi- tion " between the first stage in which the cervix be- comes fully dilated , and the expulsion of the child . Arms's description of the psychic and physical stress of this part of labor ...
... labor , however , has to pass through the " transi- tion " between the first stage in which the cervix be- comes fully dilated , and the expulsion of the child . Arms's description of the psychic and physical stress of this part of labor ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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