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The Long History of the Hand-Washing Gender Gap

Women are slightly better at hand-washing than men. Here’s one theory for why.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on February 15, 2020

Whose Milk? Changing US Attitudes toward Maternal Breastfeeding

Current debates about breastfeeding highlight the political nature of changing cultural norms about motherhood.
by Kimberly B. Sherman via Nursing Clio on September 19, 2018

The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff

Vendors hawked the swill as “Pure Country Milk.”
by Tyler Moss via Atlas Obscura on November 27, 2017
Formal portrait photo of an African American wet nurse with a white child on her lap.

Historians Detail Charleston's Role in the Antebellum Market for Wet Nurses

Enslaved wet nurses were a valued purchase in the antebellum South.
by Dustin Waters via Charleston City Paper on September 6, 2017
A mother holding her infant child in her lap.
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Before the Ward

On the movement away from midwifery towards hospital births.
via BackStory on May 10, 2013

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