The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from ea…

Adrienne Rich
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The worker can unionize, go out on strike; mothers are divided from each other in homes, tied to their children by compassionate bonds; our wildcat strikes have most often taken the form of physical or mental breakdown. ✨ Adrienne Rich (1976). Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution
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