White, black, and Native American women in the early South often viewed motherhood as a composite of roles, ranging from teacher and nurse to farmer and politician.
Within a multicultural landscape, mothers drew advice and consolation from female networks, broader intellec-tual currents, and an understanding of their own multifaceted identities to devise their own standards for child rearing.
In this way, by con-structing, interpreting, and defending their roles as parents, women in the So.
Lsu Press We have raised all of you: motherhood in the south, 1750-1835, paperback/katy simpson smith
