Good wives / by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

“Ideal employees” and “good wives and mothers”: Influence mechanism of bi-directional work–family conflict on job satisfaction of female university teachers in China by Qiaolan Su, Qiaolan Su, Man Jiang

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The new woman of Meiji Japan : a study of the sociology of the new woman through literary expression by Neo, Charmaine Kai Ling

“…Women became the main targets of reform, and the state dictated the ideal traditional roles for their Japanese women to become “good wives and wise mothers” (ryosai kenbo). The New Woman is an individual who contravenes the traditional norms of their ascribed gender roles as “good wives and wise mothers” (ryosai kenbo) in Japanese society. …”
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LITTLE WOMEN / by Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888, author 379969

“…Alcott quickly completed a second volume (titled Good Wives in the United Kingdom, though the name originated with the publisher and not Alcott). …”

Sulle rappresentazioni di Benito Mussolini e del fascismo in Sibilla Aleramo by Serena Mercuri

“…Fascism, indeed, welcomes and promotes the idea of a female universe made up of good wives and excellent mothers of the Fascist faith, identities created according to the dictates of a canon that is not entirely new but which was subject to a framing that was unprecedented in Italian history and specific to the socio-political system. …”
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The history of women’s activism in Singapore : Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura (PPIS) as a case study by Alhadad, Sharifah Aishah

“…As such, PPIS prioritised community service by way of educating—‘empowering’—women to be good wives and mothers. Such attitudes parallel, paradoxically, both Victorian notions of femininity and Victorian feminist ideas. …”
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PERKEMBANGAN STATUS SOSIAL POLITIK WANITAJEPANG The Development of Japanese Women Social Political Status by Perpustakaan UGM, i-lib

“…The Japanese society views that the ideal women are the good wives who are simultaneously wise mothers. This view is reflected in the government's policies, for instance the policy on welfare which apparently has multiplied the number of housewives during the era of economical growth in Japan. …”

VIEWS ON THE SYMBOLIC USE OF TWO RARE BONE FINGER DISTAFFS WITH DOG REPRESENTATION FROM HALUK PERK MUSEUM IN ISTANBUL by Ceren Ünal, Zeynep Çakmakçı

“…In late antiquity, young women who had arrived at the age of marriage were expected, as part of the social roles imposed on them by society, to preserve the unity of the family and be virtuous and good wives and mothers. The finger distaffs prepared to be given to young women as wedding gifts symbolized their status as loyal wife and mother in society. …”
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Trabajo-familia: ¿de la autonomía a la culpa? by Florence Thomas

“…She acknowledges the dual need of recognizing the social function of work and of enjoying the socialization of aspects of their everyday lives, but the problem remains of how to reconcile professional, social, cultural and political participation with traditional images of good wives and nourishing mothers, in the framework of a society that has changed but not enough, since women are changing but men are not. …”
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