# 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: 978-03-4970-218-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

A feminist exploration of single motherhood and a passionate call to reclaim the power of mothering. 'A brilliant book, fearlessly told.' 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. 'Deftly marrying history with her own story, Russell gives us a vision of single mothers as avatars of a better world. It is a world we can all embrace, and all aspire to.' Kirsten Swinth, author of FEMINISM'S FORGOTTEN FIGHT 'Mightily encourages dreams of a society where mothering is the most important activity of all.' Irish Sunday Independent