"Sara Roddick has written a brilliant book-breathtaking in its honesty, courage, and wisdom. Maternal Thinking is a book for all mothers and the best book written so far about mothers. It is also the best book on women and peace-making since Virginia Woolf's Three Gumnas

Carol Gilligan, author of lo a Different Voice

"Making good on the promise of feminist thinking, Maternal Thinking

reveals both our epistemological and political landscapes in new light.

Ruddick has written a very important book."

Evelyn Fox Keller, author of Reflections on Gender and Setener

"A wonderful book. Feminist scholars from a variety of disciplines have been waiting for Maternal Thinking, and they will not be disappointed. It is beautifully written, clearly and cogently argued. It is, I think, a brave book

Blythe Clinchy, co-author of Women's Ways of Knowing

"In Maternal Thinking, Sara Ruddick makes unique and immensely exciting contributions to the ways in which we understand mothers, peace and conflict, and the meaning of rationality itself. By highlighting the conceptions of the body, of nature, of vulnerability, control and power. and of nonviolent struggle which arise from maternal practice, she breaks apart many of our conventional understandings of national security issues, and provides a breathtakingly rich source of new ways to see and solve problems. This book should be required reading for anyone seeking to re-envision international relations, national security, and the kind of politics that will create a safer and more peaceful world."

Carol Cohn, author of "Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals"