Although current applies includes of female's roles includes professional involvement from women who gave birth, that doesn't implicate the absence of ambivalent or conflicted feelings above been mother or professional,especially when the children are small In this way, the present study shows a revisionof literatureabout intersection between maternity and work. Some theoreticalfeature about woman's role throughouthistory and her insertion in the work market are tackled. as long as some of the eventual implications of mother work for child development. The literature has indicated that the conflict between maternityand work seems to be being exceeded by the recognitionof necessities of personal accomplishment through the exercise of a remunerated profession and the conjugal cooperation.Moreover,in spite of the overloadof woman's roles, it points to the contribution of maternal work to its being able to also benefit its self-esteem and psychological well-beingpersonal satisfaction(AU)