American medicine and divided motherhood: Three case studies from the 1930s and 1940s

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-302

  Litt, Jacquelyn ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031482208     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1997.tb00478.x     Document Type: Article

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