Spock's Women's Group: Sisters, Wives, and Daughters-in-law

We explore Dr. Benjamin Spock’s personal relationships with women: sisters, co-workers, dance partners, mentors, wives, and daughters-in-law.
Spock recording used with permission from WNYC Archive Collections.
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References

• Cooper, D. “Dr. Benjamin Spock.” WNYC. 1 October 1973.
• Goddard, Joanna. “Motherhood Mondays: Sleeping in Denmark (This Made My Jaw Drop!).” Cup of Jo, 19 September 2011.
• “Jane Cheney Spock.” Significant Others: A History Podcast. 6 Sept. 2022.
• Klemesrud, Judy. “The Spocks: Bittersweet. Recognition in a Revised Classic.” New York Times. 19 March 1976.
• Kochakian, Mary Jo. “Public vs. Private: Dr. Spock, Mr. Hyde.” Washington Post, 14 June 1998.
• Maier, Thomas. Dr. Spock: An American Life. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998.
• Massie, Robert K. “‘Not the Dr. Spock!’” Saturday Evening Post, vol. 239, no. 10, May 1966, pp. 80–86.
• Needleman, Robert and Benjamin Spock. Dr. Spock’s Baby and Child Care, 10th edition. Gallery Books, 2018.
• Ryan, Jeff. “How Ben Spock Became Dr. Spock.” Contemporary Pediatrics, vol. 26, no. 11, November 2009, p. 88.
• Spock, Benjamin. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1957.
• ---. The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1946.
• Spock, Benjamin, M.D. and Mary Morgan. Spock on Spock: A Memoir of Growing Up with the Century. Pantheon Books, 1985.
• Whiting, Sam. “Sailing Through Life / Menlo Park Educator on Her 25 Years with Dr. Spock.” San Francisco Gate. 15 August 2004.

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