The second oldest profession : the wet nurse, revered and reviled / Barbara Zucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zucker, Barbara M., 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wet nurses--History.

Wet nurses.

Women--History--Employment.

Women.

Breastfeeding in art.

Women--Economic conditions.

Women--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 x 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Abbeville Press, [2026]

Summary:

"From antiquity to the early twentieth century, countless women earned their living with their breasts. They were wet nurses, hired to breastfeed other women's babies. Although wet nurses saved the lives of millions of infants, they have been almost erased from history. In this essential and provocative book, at once a social history and an act of feminist reparation, artist Barbara Zucker twlls their story in words and images." -- back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780789215215

0789215217

OCLC:

1579182198