However, like other aspects of women's history, this tradition has been forgotten and, in the process, maligned. Lisle contends that childless women are part of an ancient and respectable cultural tradition that includes biblical matriarchs, celibate saints, and nineteenth-century social reformers. Without Child explores the facts and fallacies behind childlessness, what it means for women and society, and reminds us of how women can and do embrace this choice. But for those women who are willingly or unwillingly without children, childlessness is a way of life that many of them must constantly defend. Most women grow up thinking they will become mothers. Weaving rich materials from history, literature, religion, and sociology with Laurie Lisle's own and other personal stories, this groundbreaking book does personal stories, this groundbreaking book does what no other has done before - presents childlessness in a multifaceted and positive light. Without Child brings scope and depth to a subject that has long been misunderstood. Without child : challenging the stigma of childlessness / Laurie Lisle Book Bib ID
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