Motherhood and the Relationships of the Sexes
The new conditions brought by the war—Seriousness of the     position—My object in writing a book on motherhood—The     Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of     Education for 1914—The condemnation of motherhood shown by     the facts of this Report—The greatness of the evil that we     are permitting—Women ill-trained as women and incapacitated     for their supreme duty—The inquiry into the conditions of     working-class motherhood made by the Women’s Co-operative     Guild—The miserable health of the mothers of our working     classes—This one of the greatest dangers and social crimes of     the day—The health of women must be safeguarded—The problem     greatly increased by the special war conditions—Report issued     by the Health of Munition Workers Committee on “Employment     of Women” and “Hours of Work”—The danger of overworking     women—Woman sows in her flesh for the race—She needs to store     energy, not to expend it—The confusion and failure in efficient     motherhood—We have got to find what this failure is.