Copyright © 2016 Lynda R. Ross

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Ross, Lynda Rachelle, 1950-, author
     Interrogating motherhood / Lynda R. Ross.

(Open paths to enriched learning)
Includes bibliographical references.
Issued in print and electronic formats.

     1. Motherhood—Social aspects. 2. Motherhood—Psychological aspects. 3. Motherhood—Economic aspects. 4. Mothers. I. Title. II. Series: Open paths to enriched learning

HQ759.R666 2016     306.874'3     C2016-906196-5
                                                            C2016-906197-3

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Chapter two is an adaptation of a chapter previously written by Lynda R. Ross and published under the title “Mom's the Word: Attachment Theory’s Role in Defining the ‘Good Mother,’” in the collection, Feminist Counselling: Theory, Issues, and Practice (Women’s Press, 2010).