Reconceiving Women: Separating Motherhood From Female Identity

Mardy S. Ireland, Ph.D, a  psychologist and academic, was ahead of her time in writing this book about women who are not mothers: published in 1993, it is still one of the few truly illuminating explorations of the subject. The author writes: Unlike the “traditional” or “transitional” woman, the “transformative” woman chooses a child-free life and places herself on a little-traveled path.