# Doing It All

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- Book: [Doing It All](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruby-russell/doing-it-all) ([Doing It All.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruby-russell/doing-it-all.md))
- Authors: [Ruby Russell](https://www.bookquiver.com/ruby-russell)
- Publisher: dialogue_division
- ISBN: 978-03-4970-216-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-02-27
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'With courage, compassion and generosity, Russell presents an intersectional history which honours single motherhood in all its complexity . . . Bold, revelatory and a joy to read' Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women 'Lucid and liberating' Eliane Glaser, author of Motherhood: A Manifesto Nearly a quarter of UK families with dependent children are single-parent families, and around 90% of single parents are women. Yet the single mother is still cast as victim or welfare queen, sexually irresponsible or too independent by half. Tracing a history through Victorian brothels, welfare rights activism and Black feminist traditions of othermothering, Ruby Russell tells a different story: of motherhood defined not by marriage or men, but as a nexus of solidarity beyond the patriarchal status quo. A personal quest for empowerment, Doing It All is also a fierce critique of the structures that leave single mums marginalised and exhausted - and a call to reclaim mothering as the life force of sustainable, connected and radically responsible communities. 'A riveting memoir-cum-cri-de-cœur-cum-manifesto for envisioning motherhood anew' Kirsten Swinth, author of Feminism's Forgotten Fight