The denaturalization of the mother’s role coincided with a phase of social transformation linked to the feminist movements of the second half of the 20th century, which critiqued the imposition of the maternal ‘task.’ While, in the preceding decades, battles were fought to ensure women’s access to the public sphere and to obtain equality with men, these efforts later shifted towards the recognition of women’s rights in the private sphere. The 1960s are often considered the beginning of the ‘second wave’ of feminism, though it would be more accurate to speak of feminisms, given the plurality of ideas and themes that emerged over time.