To get off the subject, because that's what I like to do, one book where I actually don't mind the woman becoming a mother and helping out her man is Meg Murry O'Keefe, because a) it's clear that she has a partnership with Calvin, b) it's her conscious choice, of which she has weighed the pros and cons (this distinguishes it from McCaffrey), c) it's not really clear she was particularly career-oriented before, d) it's not Twue Happiness but rather a decision that has tradeoffs, and e) it is so evidently NOT what L'Engle did herself, in her own happy marriage, that I feel like she can point out that people can make whatever choices they want.