This site is devoted to exploring women's experiences as mothers. Common sense notions what
"motherhood" abound, but how do these ideals of motherhood relate to the physical activities, the emotional investments and daily lives of women who perform that role? This exploration shifts focus from motherhood to
mothering--the daily activities of mothers--and the relationship of women's real lives to ideas about motherhood.
At the outset, the words and pictures on this site are those generated by
interviews, observations and photographs of several women in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. However, it is my hope that site will grow and there will be additional stories, pictures and commentary,
creating a forum about, by, and for women who are mothers.
The Mothers and Others
website is part of a research project initiated by Dr. Dona Schwartz of the University of
Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Its purpose is to serve as a source of information and as a means of collecting accounts of mothering--both in words and pictures--from site visitors.
Please sign the guestbook and enter the site. You may input your comments
on existing photographs and submit your own photographs via mail or
