The Price of Motherhood

Has anyone read this book by Ann Crittenden? I am assuming that it is a philosophical discussion about the the importance of mother and their being undervalued in our society? I'm curious, because it might be something I'd be interested in reading.......



Kris

[houseelf]

I will DEFINITELY read this with you....it may take awhile in the queu, however! I heard her talk the other night and she is brilliantly insightful!

Kelly

[houseelf]

Kris,

This book wasn't at the library, so I finally scraped up the change to buy it off of Amazon. (Any irony there?)

Have you started this book? In the meantime, I'm reading Women Lawyers which exposes the same topic in the legal profession. But more personally, this book speaks directly to my heart. The female attrition rate in this field is overwhelming because of the same issues that we addressed earlier. (I, too, have contemplated leaving the field because the demands are too much in light of my family's needs.) Sadly, many women enter this field to serve as a catalyst for social change and leave when they find that the profession is almost entirely incongruent with having any sort of life outside. Therefore, few women ever really climb to positions that would allow them to change the status quo. Some of those who do earn these positions did not fight the same barriers (i.e. child care) or silently trudged up through the treanches without ever making the powers-that-be aware of the need for social change.

Anyway, this post probably belongs down in the book section, but this is very interesting reading... I'm completely charged up about the whole thing. Tell me what you think about Ann Crittenden's work.

Kelly