{"product_id":"housewife-isbn-9781538722886","title":"Housewife","description":"\u003cb\u003eAmazon's Best Nonfiction Book of the Month for March 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Discover the complete social history of the housewife archetype, from colonial America to the 20th century, and re-examine common myths about the “modern woman.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The notion of “housewife” evokes strong reactions. For some, it’s nostalgia for a bygone era, simpler and better times when men were breadwinners and women remained home with the kids. For others, it’s a sexist, oppressive stereotype of women’s work. Either way, housewife is a long outdated concept—or is it?\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Lisa Selin Davis, known for her smart, viral, feminist, cultural takes, argues that the “breadwinner vs. homemaker” divide is a myth. She charts examples from prehistoric female hunters to working class housewives in the 1930s, from First Ladies to 21st century stay-at-home moms, on a search for answers to the problems of what is referred to as women’s work and motherhood. Davis discovers that women have been sold a lie about what families should be. \u003ci\u003eHousewife\u003c\/i\u003e unveils a truth: interdependence, rather than independence, is the American way.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The book is a clarion call for all women—married or single, mothers or childless—and for men, too, to push for liberation.  In \u003ci\u003eHousewife\u003c\/i\u003e, Davis builds a case for systemic, cultural, and personal change, to encourage women to have the power to choose the best path for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Legacy Lit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44895314378981,"sku":"NP9781538722886","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/db56b0d8-8242-4bfd-8d08-affb000f625b.jpg?v=1773083129","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/housewife-isbn-9781538722886","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}