Raising Baby by the Book: The Education of American Mothers

In this study of the education of American mothers, Julia Grant shows how the tides of opinion about proper child care have shifted from the early 1800s, when maternal associations discussed biblical and secular theories of child rearing, through the 1950s, when books like Dr. Spock's Baby & Child Care were widely consulted, to today's era of television advice-givers. As mothers have increasingly sought assistance in the complex enterprise of...