What was mothering like in the past? When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have
Blending history and memoir, a beautiful and innovative portrait of motherhoodIn Mother Is a Verb, a highly original interpretation of mothering, the writer, feminist and historian Sarah Knott weaves
'Timely and fascinating' Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana, Duchess of DevonshireWhat was mothering like in the past?When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herse
In the wake of American independence, it was clear that the new United States required novel political forms. Less obvious but no less revolutionary was the idea that the American people needed a new