Jennifer James's blog

Jennifer James

Jennifer James is on a quest to find information and historic photographs showing moms breastfeeding in public before it became taboo. Jennifer is the founder of the Mom Bloggers Club and also blogs at TheMomSalon.com. She can be reached at jjames (at) themomsalon (dot) com.

Breastfeeding in Public, 1916

Despite what sometimes feels like hostile reactions toward breastfeeding in public these days, there is a long tradition of nursing in public even though there were decades when mothers were taught to

Separated at Birth

Before I even read the caption for this photograph below, I knew it had to have been taken in the 1940s.

A Matter of Life and Death



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