Let's not forget, motherhood is a modern notion. #womenshistorymonth #womenshistory #historyofmotherhood #workingmothers #workingmoms
This #womenshistorymonth let's remember that, while "there have always been mothers, motherhood (like childhood) was only recently invented." These are the words of Polly Young-Eisendrath, Ph.D. that launched my study of the parental concepts and systems that underlie today's experience of work and family. From this astonishing discovery, I founded a'parently, published my first book, Retrofit (see what I did there?) and I haven't stopped learning (or, frankly, being astonished) since. Is this something you already knew? That our modern interpretation of being moms is really, really recent?