Maushart, Susan

Heike Henderson

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Abstract

Susan Maushart is most well known for her 1999 book  The Mask of Motherhood: How Becoming a Mother Changes Everything and Why We Pretend It Doesn’t . Born 1958 in New York, the twice-divorced mother of three children now lives in Perth, Western Australia, where she has been working as a columnist for the  Weekend Australian Magazine  and as a research associate and instructor in Social Sciences at Curtin University. Her research into the meaning of contemporary motherhood and into the work of women within marriage ( wifework ) has garnered wide attention.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationEncyclopedia of Motherhood
StatePublished - 2010

EGS Disciplines

  • Women's Studies
  • Family, Life Course, and Society

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