Judith Walzer Leavitt is Rupple Bascom and Ruth Bleier Professor of Medical History and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
A narrative history--illuminating and engaging--of what fathers
actually did while mothers were giving birth over the past 80
years.--The Wall Street Journal
A pioneering history. . . . A wonderful addition to the project of
plumbing the Oprahatic melange of identity, sentiment, and personal
need at the core of examined life in our times.--The Journal of
American History
A requisite work for medical historians . . . also recommended for
obstetricians, nurses and hospital administrators as they consider
policies in the twenty-first century. . . . A highly convincing and
well-written book, [this] serves as a basis for future scholarship,
since it enriches our understandings of the cultural and biological
event of childbirth while recognising the increasing importance of
men in that process--Social History of Medicine
A serious and meticulous investigation of territory where few
scholars have previously ventured. . . . [A] much needed addition
to the blossoming scholarly work on childbirth history.--Women's
Review of Books
Amusing and absorbing throughout, this book is most provocative
when it details the 'three P's': the 'place, privilege, and power'
of childbirth that 'provides a lens through which to view larger
issues of twentieth-century medicine and its inequalities, ' class
foremost among them.--The Atlantic Monthly
Extends beyond the history of childbirth and contributes to the
fields of American social history, family history, social medicine,
masculinity studies, and gender studies. . . . Contribute[s]
important findings to the literature on women's health while
simultaneously broadening our knowledge of larger trends in
American history.--Reviews in American History
Illuminates men's involvement with the childbirth experience,
adding fathers-to-be as vital players in understanding American
childbirth history. . . . Highly recommended.--Choice
Leavitt uses dozens of humorous, nerve-wracking and often touching
stories from fathers to bring these experiences to life.--Wisconsin
Week
Those who read Make Room for Daddy will benefit from the experience
and likely will have a newly deepened respect for what their
parents and grandparents went through as they grew their families.
. . . Highly recommend[ed].--The Father Life
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