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FamilyThis section of the on-line archive contains articles and documents related to lesbian motherhood, childcare issues/programs, communal living and more.

 



Mom on a Hook Print E-mail
from Womankind (1973). Society places unfair burdens on mothers and then blames them when their children don't "measure up".
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So Who Needs Daycare? Print E-mail
by Mary M. from Womankind (1973).The struggle to establish decent affordable childcare is outlined in this article by a feminist mother.
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Lesbian Mothers and Their Children Print E-mail
from Womankind (1972). All parents face challenges in raising children, but lesbian parents have their own special complications to contend with.
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CWLU Legal Clinic Print E-mail
(1972). The CWLU established a Legal Clinic to help women face the sexist complexities of our justice system.
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Family Relations Court Print E-mail
by Alice (1972). A description of Chicago's Family Relations Court and how women fare in its proceedings from Womankind.
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Action Committee on Decent Childcare Print E-mail
author(s) unknown(1972). A description of the CWLU's childcare group and its battles with the Chicago city administration.
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Using Your Maiden Name Print E-mail
by Diane and Linda from Womankind (1971). Explains the everyday legal and financial hassles faced by women who chose to use their own names.
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And Jill Came Tumbling After Print E-mail
from Womankind (1971). Raising children in a sexist society is a challenge as this first person account reveals.
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From Women Who Broke the Silence

And the crazy part of it was even if you were clever, even if you spent your adolescence reading John Donne and Shaw, even if you studied history or zoology or physics and hoped to spend your life pursuing some difficult and challenging career, you still had a mind full of all the soupy longings that every high-school girl was awash in... underneath it, all you longed to be was annihilated by love, to be swept off your feet, to be filled up by a giant prick spouting sperm, soapsuds, silk and satins and, of course, money.

Erica Jong