Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1 Spiritual Motherhood
6. Chapter 1 From Authority to Nurture: Theoretical Origins of Maternal Feminism, 1780-1840 17
7. Chapter 2 The Personal and the Political: Social Origins of Maternal Feminism, 1800-1848 41
8. Chapter 3 Spiritual Motherhood and Revolution: The Beginnings of Organized Feminism, 1848-1852 58
9. Chapter 4 The Great Social Household: The Kindergarten and Women's Mission, 1850-1864 79
10. Chapter 5 Mothers of the Nation: Spiritual Motherhood and Organized Feminism, 1865-1877 95
11. Chapter 6 Mothers of the City: The Pestalozzi-Froebel House and the Creation of an Urban Role for Women, 1873-1900 111
12. Part 2 Motherhood, Social Reform, and the State
13. Chapter 7 Mothers, Children, and the Law, 1888-1902 135
14. Chapter 8 Motherhood, Culture, and Evolution: Some New Perspectives, 1890-1914 149
15. Chapter 9 Motherhood as Right and Duty: The Campaign against Infant Mortality, 1904-1914 173
16. Chapter 10 Motherhood as Choice: The Campaign for Reproductive Rights, 1908-1914 188
17. Chapter 11 Motherhood and Social Reform: The Careers of Alice Salomon, Anna von Gierke, and Frieda Duensing, 1890-1914 206
18. Conclusion 229
19. Notes 245
20. Archival Sources 287
21. Index 289