A Woman’s Work
reclaiming the radical history of mothering
$33.59
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
16 March 2026
Summary
Reclaiming Motherhood: A History of Strength and Resilience
Mothers make history. But what it has meant for mothers to do the physical and emotional work of mothering has, for centuries, been neglected in the stories of the past. Patriarchal control of motherhood has relegated the acts of growing, birthing, nurturing and loving to the sidelines, and deemed it unimportant, women’s work. Now, through the voices of the women themselves, Elinor Cleghorn reclaims and ret…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399605434 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399605437 |
| Author: | Elinor Cleghorn |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 16 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Elinor Cleghorn
Elinor Cleghorn is a feminist cultural historian, writer and researcher living in Sussex, UK. After receiving her PhD in humanities and cultural studies in 2012, she worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford on an interdisciplinary arts and medical humanities project. Her writing on women’s health and its histories has been published in Wall Street Journal, BBC History Magazine, BBC Science Focus, New Scientist, and Vogue, and she has discussed her research on BBC Woman’s Hour, NPR, and numerous podcasts. Elinor is the author of Unwell Women, which was published in 2021 in the UK and US, and has been translated across the world.
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