1. Childless in the 1990s: The "Other" Woman and Why Now?

2. The Traditional Woman: Child-less.

3. The Transitional Woman: Child-free and Child-less.

4. The Transformative Woman: Child-free.

5. The Development of Female Identity: Facts or Fictions?

6. Weaving an Alternative Understanding.

7. The Gendered View of Identity: Limitations and Possibilities.

8. Women but Not Mothers.

Appendix: Research Data Chapter Notes.

Index.