A Voice For Mothers

Author : Linda Bryder
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781775580102

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Covering the history of the Plunket Society from 1907 to the present day, this book is organized around three dominant themes that contribute both to international historiography and to the social history of New Zealand. These themes are the mixed economy of welfare, maternal and infant health, and motherhood and parenting. Discussed in detail is how these three strands form an important contribution to New Zealand's social history. In particular, the public role of women as welfare providers, maternal and child health provision, and parenting roles and practices are examined. An in-depth study of the voluntary welfare system, this book will be of interest to welfare historians, women's studies historians, social historians of medicine, and government policy makers.

Author : Linda Bryder
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1869402901

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The Plunket Society, founded in 1907, is widely regarded as New Zealand's most successful voluntary organisation. It quickly became a national icon and its praises were sung internationally. This history of this important institution reflects Western society's changing attitudes over the twentieth century to maternal and infant health and welfare, and reveals an important aspect of women's history. Various remarkable women are introduced, along with records of their struggles and their triumphs for posterity. Lavishly illustrated with 130 pictures.

Author : Adrienne Kertzer
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781460403891

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My Mother's Voice by Adrienne Kertzer Pdf

How do children's books represent the Holocaust? How do such books negotiate the tension between the desire to protect children, and the commitment to tell children the truth about the world? If Holocaust representations in children's books respect the narrative conventions of hope and happy endings, how do they differ, if at all, from popular representations intended for adult audiences? And where does innocence lie, if the children's fable of Roberto Benigni's Life is Beautiful is marketed for adults, and far more troubling survivor memoirs such as Anita Lobel's No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War are marketed for children? How should Holocaust Studies integrate discourse about children's literature into its discussions? In approaching these and other questions, Kertzer uses the lens of children's literature to problematize the ways in which various adult discourses represent the Holocaust, and continually challenges the conventional belief that children's literature is the place for easy answers and optimistic lessons.

Author : Jo Malin
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0809322668

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The Voice of the Mother by Jo Malin Pdf

"Analyzing this narrative practice, Malin examines ten texts by women who seem particularly compelled to tell their mothers' stories. Each author is, in fact, able to write her own autobiography only by using a narrative form that contains her mother's story at its core. These texts raise interesting questions about autobiography as a genre and about a feminist writing practice that resists and subverts the dominant literary tradition.".

Author : Sheila Heti
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345810564

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Motherhood by Sheila Heti Pdf

A daring, funny, and poignant novel about the desire and duty to procreate, by one of our most brilliant and original writers. Motherhood treats one of the most consequential decisions of early adulthood—whether or not to have children—with the intelligence, wit and originality that have won Sheila Heti international acclaim, and which led her previous work, How Should a Person Be?, to be called "one of the most talked-about books of the year" (TIME magazine). Having reached an age when most of her peers are asking themselves when they will become mothers, Heti's narrator considers, with the same urgency, whether she will do so at all. Over the course of several years, under the influence of her partner, body, family, friends, mysticism and chance, she struggles to make a moral and meaningful choice. In a compellingly direct mode that straddles the forms of the novel and the essay, Motherhood raises radical and essential questions about womanhood, parenthood, and how—and for whom—to live.

Author : Kathy Weingarten
Publisher : Random House Value Pub
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1995-08-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0517155796

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The Mother's Voice by Kathy Weingarten Pdf

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781608467204

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The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit Pdf

A collection of feminist essays steeped in “Solnit’s unapologetically observant and truth-speaking voice on toxic, violent masculinity” (The Los Angeles Review). In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more. In characteristic style, “Solnit draw[s] anecdotes of female indignity or male aggression from history, social media, literature, popular culture, and the news . . . The main essay in the book is about the various ways that women are silenced, and Solnit focuses upon the power of storytelling—the way that who gets to speak, and about what, shapes how a society understands itself and what it expects from its members. The Mother of All Questions poses the thesis that telling women’s stories to the world will change the way that the world treats women, and it sets out to tell as many of those stories as possible” (The New Yorker). “There’s a new feminist revolution—open to people of all genders—brewing right now and Rebecca Solnit is one of its most powerful, not to mention beguiling, voices.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times–bestselling author of Natural Causes “Short, incisive essays that pack a powerful punch.” —Publishers Weekly “A keen and timely commentary on gender and feminism. Solnit’s voice is calm, clear, and unapologetic; each essay balances a warm wit with confident, thoughtful analysis, resulting in a collection that is as enjoyable and accessible as it is incisive.” —Booklist

Author : Kathy Weingarten
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006075811

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The Mother's Voice by Kathy Weingarten Pdf

"Weingarten explores a central dilemma of mothering: When or how should mothers speak to children about their own stories and feelings, or, more generally, about realities of family life, power, and death. This is a courageous, honest, and above all, useful book".--Sarah Ruddick, author of Maternal Thinking.

Author : Lisa Morley
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781466981676

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A Mother’S Voice by Lisa Morley Pdf

A Mothers Voice pours out words spoken by mothers and distills them into tiny drops of priceless moments where one can hear the humorous words of children as they interact with Mom, or the prayers of a mother as she seeks for the hopes she has for her children to be met, or sometimes one can hear a mother whisper to ones heart when she is no longer there and causes one to question, Do I really sound like my mother?

Author : Beth Bruno
Publisher : FaithWords
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781478974680

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A Voice Becoming by Beth Bruno Pdf

In A VOICE BECOMING, Beth Bruno helps mothers cast a Godly vision for their daughters and chart a course that will prepare their daughters for womanhood. What if you as a mother concentrated on your daughter for one year? Who might she become? A VOICE BECOMING is for moms who want to usher their daughters into womanhood but know they need more than tips, techniques, and programs. This is for moms who to desire to chart a course for their daughters that helps them know the story of God they are entering and the global sisterhood of women they are joining. A VOICE BECOMING is written by a fellow sojourner, still in the middle of the journey, processing her own story as she casts a vision for her daughter to discover hers. Sometimes road maps are too restrictive and a friend is needed who has made the journey already. Beth Bruno seeks to activate moms by infusing them with hope and vision. Readers will join Beth in a yearlong journey of teaching their daughters that women lead, women love, women fight, women sacrifice, and women create. Moms learn how to use film and books, tangible experiences, volunteering, interviewing other women, traveling, and more in a creative and life-altering way to help solidify these important concepts in the mind and life of their young teen.

Author : Astra Niedra
Publisher : Voice Dialogue in Daily Life
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Enlightenment Through Motherhood by Astra Niedra Pdf

"I enjoyed this immensely... Definitely a fun and entertaining book while sharing a bit of spiritual goodness as well." Katie "This book put into words just what, and how, I was feeling about my own spiritual journey. Women and men have such different experiences and this book beautifully articulates them." Amanda Motherhood is misunderstood. Since time immemorial we've believed that when women become mothers they are taking time out from real work and serious personal growth, especially spiritual development. But we've had it all wrong. While heavily pregnant with her third child, personal growth writer Astra Niedra attempts a holiday in the tropical paradise of Australia's Far North with her husband and two young daughters in tow. During this ‘holiday’ she discovers that the skills and abilities that mothers are required to use each day as part of their job are the same as the practices prescribed for enlightenment seekers. “Her simple spellbinding stories, her keen intellect, and her unfailing humour make this book a pleasure to read. Here is a new way of thinking of spirituality, of valuing our humanity while living a spirit-infused life, and a fascinating (and novel) path to enlightenment! It's a consciousness changer and I loved it." Dr Sidra Stone "A great read for all mothers, I loved this book!" Ann Shepich This book will inspire you, entertain you and lift your spirits, all the while grounding you in the unshakeable truth that there is far more to being a mother and raising children than conventional wisdom would have us believe.

Author : Adrienne Kertzer
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-12-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1551113406

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My Mother's Voice by Adrienne Kertzer Pdf

Named Honor Book of the Year by the Children’s Literature Association Winner: 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award for scholarship on a Jewish subject Finalist: 2003 Alberta Book Awards Scholarly Book of the Year How do children’s books represent the Holocaust? How do such books negotiate the tension between the desire to protect children, and the commitment to tell children the truth about the world? If Holocaust representations in children’s books respect the narrative conventions of hope and happy endings, how do they differ, if at all, from popular representations intended for adult audiences? And where does innocence lie, if the children’s fable of Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful is marketed for adults, and far more troubling survivor memoirs such as Anita Lobel’s No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War are marketed for children? How should Holocaust Studies integrate discourse about children’s literature into its discussions? In approaching these and other questions, Kertzer uses the lens of children’s literature to problematize the ways in which various adult discourses represent the Holocaust, and continually challenges the conventional belief that children’s literature is the place for easy answers and optimistic lessons.

Author : Angela Miller
Publisher : Conran Octopus
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Bereavement
ISBN : 1940014190

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You Are the Mother of All Mothers by Angela Miller Pdf

Every loss mama deserves to be reminded she is the mother of all mothers.

Author : Henry Howard
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781469175102

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Mother's Voice on Season's Wind by Henry Howard Pdf

Much of my writing, like much of the way I live and view the world, has been shaped by my mother. We were close enough to be part of each other's heartbeats, and when she died, on May 26, 2008, everything about her simply became part of me. We thought alike on every major subject, so this volume of poetry is both a tribute to, and a reflection of, everything she stood for and believed in. The poems are mine, but the voice is hers, speaking through my words. At the same time, the various sections accurately reflect the experiences, challenges, triumphs and losses that have made me the independent person I amalways shaped, at least in part, by my mother's influence. In this volume, you will read my words and hear my mothers voice on every seasons special wind, a calm and steadying voice on the endless winds of change.

Author : Jason O Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798503935837

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Mom's Voice by Jason O Bradley Pdf

Mom's voice is for beginner readers. This book gives appreciation to all mothers across the world. Once you read "Mom's voice" to your child, you will want to read it to your mother. Mom's voice could be your mother, grandmother, big sister, aunts, and stepmother. We all need Mom's voice.