We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters is a work of narrative nonfiction that blends memoir, social history, and cultural commentary to examine the lives of American women across generations. Drawing on personal experience as a journalist and daughter of a prominent political family, Cokie Roberts weaves together interviews, historical anecdotes, and contemporary stories to explore how women balance career, family, public life, and private expectations. The book moves between portraits of well-known figures and lesser-known women whose daily choices reflect broader shifts in feminism, work, marriage, and motherhood, creating a layered discussion about ambition, responsibility, and inherited values. Positioned within women’s studies and modern American social history, it speaks to readers interested in intergenerational identity, the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century, and the ongoing tension between personal aspiration and collective progress, leaving open the question of how each generation reshapes what it receives.
מחבר: Cokie Roberts
הוצאה לאור: William Morrow and Company
שנת פרסום: 1998
מספר עמודים: 197
