A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering by Elinor Cleghorn Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781802790085

ISBN: 9781802790085

a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreatOver the past three decades

Masterfully combining these voices into a seamless symphonic narrative

The thrilling conclusion to Robin Hobb’s Tawny Man trilogy

A Woman’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering by Elinor Cleghorn Groundswell Speaker 2024 ISBN: 9781802790085Mothers make history. For centuries, motherhood has sparked social and political change. Yet the acts of growing, birthing and nurturing children and the power they hold have been pushed to the margins, overlooked in our narratives of the past. In A Woman's Work, Elinor Cleghorn reveals the mothers, othermothers, midwives, activists, and community leaders who have shaped this extraordinary history. They include Hildegard of Bingen, the medieval nun