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 language | American English |
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| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Motherhood |
| State | Published - 2010 |
EGS Disciplines
- Women's Studies
- Family, Life Course, and Society