{"product_id":"my-seven-mothers-making-a-family-in-the-danish-womens-movement-hardcover","title":"My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women's Movement - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePernille Ipsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTiina Nunnally\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pernille Ipsen was professor of gender and women's studies and history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for fifteen years and is now a full-time writer. The Danish-language version of this book, \u003ci\u003eEt åbent øjeblik\u003c\/i\u003e (An open moment), was published in 2020 and was awarded the Montana Prize for literature, one of Denmark's top literary prizes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tiina Nunnally is the award-winning translator of more than seventy books from the Scandinavian languages, including Sigrid Undset's epic tetralogy \u003ci\u003eOlav Audunssøn, \u003c\/i\u003ealso published by the University of Minnesota Press. She was appointed Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit for her contributions to Norwegian literature in the United States. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.29 x 6.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44809649619046,"sku":"9781517917791","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/nvKLvq1soB9781517917791.webp?v=1771588423","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/my-seven-mothers-making-a-family-in-the-danish-womens-movement-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}