The child here is shown as soaking in the scene. We then looked at the representation of the child in this scene and how her relationship to her mother relates to the mother-daughter relationship present in media. Her identity as a mother is still fully expressed as her daughter is standing right beside her, leaning on her leg. This is shown in Young Mother Sewing, as she is not actively “mothering” her daughter at this moment, but is focused instead on her sewing. Women are still women once they become mothers, but their motherhood does not have to be erased to keep that part of her identity. Once she had her daughter, Emma, nothing about her character changed! Often, Emma wasn’t even written into the episodes, leaving many to wonder where she would have been when the plot was unfolding. An example of this that was brought up was Rachel in the TV show Friends. The storyline makes them “a mother” or “a woman” - not often are these two archetypes presented at the same time. From there we said how often in media, women are not portrayed as fully-fledged people once they become mothers. We discussed how the mother in Cassatt’s work was focused and responsible yet tender and comforting.
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