- Title:
- The legacy of scientific motherhood : doctors and child-rearing advice in the 1960s and 1970s in English Canada
- Creator:
- Haynes, Jessica Joanne
- Date Created:
- 2007
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Child rearing Motherhood Mother and child Physician and patient Maternal and infant welfare History
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- Medical proponents of scientific motherhood, a child-rearing strategy popular in the 1920s and 1930s, called for, amongst other things, early toilet training, restricted mother-baby interaction and rigid feeding schedules. After World War Two, child- rearing advice appeared to cast off most, if not all of, these ideas. Experts, influenced by the child-centric nature of postwar society, now urged parents to be responsive to the needs of the child. In addition, the counter-culture of the 1960s and the growth of psychology eroded medical authority. This thesis will seek to demonstrate how these and other societal developments were reflected in child-rearing advice, focussing on popular manuals and the magazine Chatelaine. 1will also try to show that, despite radical changes in society, elements of scientific motherhood philosophy persisted in these sources throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Haynes, Jessica Joanne. 2007. "The legacy of scientific motherhood : doctors and child-rearing advice in the 1960s and 1970s in English Canada", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_138.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.