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LARA FREIDENFELDS

Historian of Health, Reproduction, and Parenting in America

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    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • Jul 23, 2014

    If You’re Not My Kid, Please Don’t Call Me “Mom”

    The dentist peered in my child’s mouth, then turned to me. “Hey, Mom, you did a good job, no cavities!” I brought my kids for a check-up...
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    These Days, Even Conservative Dads Want Daughters to Lean In
    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • Jun 18, 2014

    These Days, Even Conservative Dads Want Daughters to Lean In

    Appeals court judges who have daughters are more likely to make liberal or “feminist” decisions in gender-related cases than are judges...
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    Are We Having Fun Yet?  Jennifer Senior’s Smart, Historically-Informed Take on Modern Parenting
    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • May 28, 2014

    Are We Having Fun Yet? Jennifer Senior’s Smart, Historically-Informed Take on Modern Parenting

    In All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting, Jennifer Senior asks why American middle-class parents so often find parenting...
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    Innovations in Marketing to Pregnant Women: Sears “Baby Book,” 1907
    Lara Freidenfelds (Admin)
    • Mar 20, 2014

    Innovations in Marketing to Pregnant Women: Sears “Baby Book,” 1907

    In 1907, Sears came up with a fantastic new idea for marketing to pregnant women: it hired Mrs. Eliza Emerson Goff to organize all its...
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