Tag: motherhood
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Neanderthal Breastfeeding | Baby History Shorts
In 2013, a paper looked at the barium deposits in the development of teeth in human children and captive macaques for which feeding history was known. Barium is limited during gestation by the placenta, but immediately after birth, barium deposits shoot up with breastfeeding. Researchers could tell when the human babies were supplemented with, or…
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What Did Jane Austen Think About Motherhood | Pt 2.3
In part one of this series, I covered the births of Jane Austen and her seven siblings, and the childcare strategies of her parents in 18th century England. Across the five chapters of part two, I will show that Jane’s attitudes about marriage were shaped– not by her desire to become a published author– but…
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Beatrice Baxter Ruyl
Beatrice Baxter Ruyl was a progressive, well-educated woman who came of age at the turn of the 20th century. She worked as an illustrator and author, focusing on depictions of the Zuni Pueblo, but she is best recognized as the subject of breastfeeding photography by Gertrude Kasebier in the early 1900’s.
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