“It was palpable, all that wanting: Mother wanting something more, Dad wanting something more, everyone wanting something more. This wasn't going to do for us fifties girls; we were going to have to change the equation even if it meant . . . abstaining from motherhood, because clearly that was where Mother got caught.” IfsMotherGirlDadCaughtMotherhoodEquationsAbstaining Author:Anne Taylor Fleming
“You watched and you saw what happened and in the accumulation of episodes you saw the pattern: Daddy ruled the roost, called the shots, made the money, made the decisions, so you signed up on his side, and fifteen years later when the women's movement came along with its incendiary manifestos telling you to avoid marriage and motherhood, it was as if somebody put a match to a pile of dry kindling.” IfsYearsMadeSidesDecisionSawsHappenedMovementShotsPatternsMotherhoodDryEpisodesFifteenDaddyAccumulationFifteen YearsManifestosKindlingRoost Book:Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey Source: Motherhood Deferred: A Woman's Journey
