Psychology and ideology. Motherhood : social construction, politics and psychology / Ann Phoenix and Anne Woollett -- Psychological views of mothering / Anne Woollett and Ann Phoenix -- The mandate for motherhood. Having children : accounts of childless women and women with reproductive problems / Anne Woollett -- The social construction of motherhood : an analysis of childcare and parenting manuals / Harriette Marshall -- The 'right time' to have children. Mothers under twenty : outsider and insider views / Ann Phoenix -- Perspectives on later motherhood / Julia C. Berryman -- Mothering real children in real circumstances. Challenging motherhood : mothers and their deaf children / Susan Gregory -- Sons and daughters / Jacqueline McGuire -- Mothering more than one child / Penny Munn -- The question of employment. Employed mothers and the care of young children / Barbara Tizard -- Motherhood and employment : the impact of social and organizational values / Suzan Lewis -- Afterword : issues related to motherhood / Anne Woollett and Ann Phoenix