Make Room for Daddy
The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9088367 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula A Michaels (0000-0002-2877-5495, University of Iowa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 442-444 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5045 • E-ISSN: 1468-4373 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jhmas/jrq019 |
| OpenAlex | W2059074693 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Already a leading figure in the history of childbirth, Judith Walzer Leavitt makes a significant contribution to the social history of medicine with her examination of an understudied, but distinguishing feature of modern American birth: the role of the father. Leavitt's accessible and engagingly written social history of the shifting role of men in childbirth puts the voices of these men and the women they supported front and center. The author captures the dramatic, emotional, and at times traumatic experience of childbirth as told by parents themselves. In addition to popular magazines and newspapers, Leavitt draws to great effect on birth stories that she solicited through the New York Times and On Wisconsin, as well as a rich cache of “Father's Books,” journals that capture the story of one Chicago maternity wards' waiting room in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Filled with expectant and new fathers' reflections on their experience in the “Stork Club,” as these waiting rooms were sometimes called, Father's Books give insight into men's feelings of helplessness while they waited, the camaraderie they felt with fellow fathers, and the rush of relief, love, and pride they experienced upon hearing the news of their baby's safe arrival.
Child Welfare and Adoption · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |