working mothers Archives - Awful Library Books

A step in the right direction?

August 10, 2020 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Working 9-5 4 comments

The Complete Guide for the Working Mother
Albrecht
1967

This book is handy for all those women with money, household help, resources, etc. Even for 1967, this book is out of touch. Even though it probably only applies to less than 1% of working mothers, it does assert that household chores are not the sole responsibility of the mother and that parenting is a family responsibility. I think the author is trying hard to talk about some equality and parenting issues, but not quite ready to take it up a notch. Given the 1967 publication date, that is hardly surprising.

Having it all

April 17, 2019 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Working 9-5 10 comments

Having It All A Practical Guide to Managing a Home and a Career Gabriel and Baldwin 1980 I would have jumped on any book like this back in the day. Of course my older wiser self recognizes that no one

Mom’s Fun Job

November 27, 2018 Mary Kelly For the Kids, Parent/Teacher Collection 9 comments

Why Can’t You Stay Home With Me? A Book About Working Mothers Hazen 1986 I know what the authors and publishers were trying to accomplish with books about working moms. Reading it now, it just comes off as tone deaf.

Mother Guilt

November 19, 2018 Mary Kelly Making a Living, Parent/Teacher Collection 6 comments

Crisis of the Working Mother Resolving the Conflict Between Family and Work Berg 1986 Well this little book was geared to my generation as we hit the job market in the 80s. For most working mothers, you got the choice

Bad Mommy

July 31, 2017 Mary Kelly Department of God, Parent/Teacher Collection 20 comments

Mommy, Where are You? What could be more important than investing in the lives of your children Mills 1992 Working moms, this book is for you. Did you know you are doing your children a disservice by being selfish and

Having it All

June 9, 2015 Mary Kelly Ladies only!, Making a Living 6 comments

Making It Work Finding the Time and Energy for Your Career, Marriage, Children and Self Houston 1990 This is one of those books that profess to fix your life and tell you how to have everything, also known as that

How to Have a Child and Keep Your Job cover

Working Parents

March 18, 2015 Holly Making a Living, Parent/Teacher Collection 7 comments

Submitter: I found the following advise book in my local public library, giving out parenting and career advise from 1979. Probably a great choice for 1979 since many women were going back, or staying in the workforce. 2015? I don’t think so.

Holly: The statistics cited in the introduction date this book right from the start. I like the page on role-sharing and household responsibilities [p.62, below], and I’m sure there some other nuggets of good information here. The rest, like the list of examples of quality television for children, are just outdated. Not a bad book, just not current enough to warrant keeping. Weed and update!

But who will do the cooking and cleaning?

November 26, 2014 Holly Home and Garden, Making a Living 13 comments

The Two Career Couple
Hall
1979

Submitter: The opening prologue to this books states “Used-car dealers are shady. Librarians are quiet and a bit boring.” Thanks for the compliment and associating us with lemon dealers. This book would have been a great choice for a library when it was first published. That was 1979. 35 years later, it’s time to find something a little more up to date.

Holly: It kills me that they were worried about how they’ll keep the house clean and the potential for affairs as women started to work. It also kills me that some women feel a need to justify NOT working these days. What a change in attitudes!