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Mother Nature (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)

The long-cherished image of self-sacrificing mothers who go the extra mile for their offspring, who do without so that their children will have what they need, who put the welfare of their children before their own welfare, has never rung entirely true with Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, professor emerita of anthropology at the University of California at Davis. A committed feminist and noted primatologist with three children of her own, Hrdy knows from firsthand experience what it is to balance a demanding career with the even more demanding role of mother. She has been there, done that,...

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