36/37 What women most need now is to "retain all the good the past hath had" as they step forward to their full liberty and responsibility in new relationships to life. What, in general, have been the social demands upon wives and mothers, and how have these been met in the past? What, if any, of these inherited social demands are now met by social agencies outside of the private family? What, in general, may be defined as the line of demarkation between the private obligations resting still upon mothers for personal service to family life and agencies of public child-care and social standardization? How far is a trend toward minimizing the demand for personal service of the housemother in the private family to be encouraged? |