{"product_id":"my-seven-mothers-pernille-ipsen-9781517917791","title":"My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women's Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven women raise a child together while redefining their place in society at the beginning of the Women's Movement in Denmark in the 1970s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On New Year's Eve in Copenhagen in 1972, seven women had a child together: one gave birth and six others attended. They had met a year earlier at a feminist women's camp on a small island and now, with about twenty other women's liberationists, they occupied three dilapidated apartment buildings in the center of Copenhagen. One became the country's first Women's House, the nerve center of the Women's Movement in Denmark, and the other two were women-only communal living spaces that were Pernille Ipsen's first home. In this intimate portrait of life during the exhilarating early days of women's liberation in Scandinavia and dramatic social change around the globe, she tells the stories of these seven women, her seven mothers. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Recounting her mothers' history--from the passions and beliefs they shared to the political divisions over sexual identity that ultimately split them apart--Ipsen captures the individuality of each of her mothers as well as the common experiences that drew them together. As she deftly reflects the practical and emotional realities of her mothers' women-centered life, Ipsen presents an engrossing picture of intersecting lives that, half a century ago, raised questions we still grapple with today: What is a family? Who is a woman? And who gets to decide? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A chronicle of gender, sexuality, and feminism as it was constructed, contested, and lived, \u003ci\u003eMy Seven Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening account of the challenges and possibilities connected with liberation and radical social change during the 1970s. In this time of fierce struggles over family, sexuality, and child-rearing, it reminds us that new worlds are always possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pernille Ipsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517917794\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517917791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Pernille Ipsen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47039898222847,"sku":"9781517917791","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b08553b0-384f-46e2-a9eb-b9b0ce650a44.jpg?v=1752752906","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-seven-mothers-pernille-ipsen-9781517917791","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}