TY - BOOK AU - Apple,Rima D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Perfect motherhood: science and childrearing in America AV - HQ759 .A58 2006eb U1 - 306.874/30973 22 PY - 2006/// CY - New Brunswick, N.J. PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Mothers KW - United States KW - History KW - Motherhood KW - Physician and patient KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-194) and index; Redefining motherhood -- "Follow the lead of physicians": Motherhood in the late nineteenth century -- "Mamma's scientific--she knows all the laws": Motherhood in the early twentieth century -- "Follow my instructions exactly": Experts to mothers in the interwar period and during World War II -- "The modern way": Mothers, circa 1920-1945 -- "Now I know that an authority has the same opinion as mine": Motherhood in the postwar period -- "Use it to guide, not to dictate": Motherhood in the late twentieth century -- Conclusion: "I wanted to do it right"; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10153081 ER -