Here are some of our most recent favorite reads on womanhood, motherhood and work.
The Feminine Mystique – Betty Friedan
The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy and “Women’s Work” – Kathleen Norris
All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenting – Jennifer Senior
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women – Sarah Bessey
The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued – Ann Crittenden
The Monster Within: The Hidden Side of Motherhood – Barbara Almond
Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety – Judith Warner
Ask the Children- What America’s Children Really Think About Working Parents – Ellen Galinsky
A Room of One’s Own – Virginia Woolf
We Should All Be Feminists – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nice Girls Don’t Change the World – Lynne Hybels
Raising America: Experts, Parents, and a Century of Advice About Raising Children – Ann Hulbert
A Year of Biblical Womanhood – Rachel Held Evans
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Hilary Barnett
Hilary Barnett is the founder of The New Mystique where she believes every mother is extraordinary, and typically writes the words that she most needs to hear.
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