'Care' from private concern to public value: A personal and theoretical exploration of motherhood, feminism, and neoliberalism.

In this article, Julia Timmins use an autobiographical lens to explore her journey in feminism, both theoretically and in practice. Specifically, she discusses how her own experiences have informed her learning about feminism and care. She first considers how her time as a 'mother at home' in the 1970s and 1980s shaped her relationship with second-wave feminism. Focusing attention on the activities and groups she was involved with during those years, she explains how they functioned as spaces which fostered solidarity between women, as well as sites of resistance against the growth of neo-liberalism within Aotearoa/New Zealand politics. Drawing upon the theory of care ethics, Timmins discusses her response to this political climate, particularly her activism against child poverty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]