Thank you, Pat!
Must be fascinating, indeed, stories like that.
This is really terrible... you get all these side areas next that are linked 
to main areas, only to discover new main areas with side areas and so on and 
so forth! hahaha
To think I will bring my Riordan and Lawrence and Breastfeeding Atlas 
summaries with me to Italy, instead of nice novels, even if they are about 
breastfeeding and its social aspects... ;o)
Well, next year; I just keep adding to my book list and will help Amazon get 
through the rough times! :-))

Warmly,

Marianne Vanderveen, Netherlands (sitting the exam 28th July)

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Subject: Re: [LACTNET] Pearls


> from what I know they were 7 average suburban housewives, several had 
> college degrees.  The 1950's in the US were another time and another 
> world.
>
> The book mentions that " they cooked and cleaned, ironed their husband's 
> shirts, hung the bed sheets on a clothesline to dry, prepared most meals 
> from scratch, wore pearl necklaces and white gloves, volunteered in their 
> churches, schools and communities and among them raised a total of 56 
> children."
>
> I don't want to sound like a commercial, but the book is really worth 
> reading. Gives an interesting view of the social history of the US and 
> how medicine was changing our lives and dominating birth and parenthood - 
> and these ladies didn't like what they saw happening.  Their beliefs 
> struck a chord within me when I discovered LLL after the birth of my 4th 
> baby in 1966.  They promoted what I instinctively knew and hadn't been 
> able to accomplish.  It was like "coming home."
>
> In the mid 50's their lives were similar to  mine in southern New Jersey, 
> although my mom worked, we had a dryer and all meals were cooked from 
> scratch (that gives me pause, I wonder how she did it!)   We weren't 
> affluent, probably what would be considered lower middle class. A new car 
> meant a " new to our family"  used car.  Socially, you dressed up to go 
> out. The pearls weren't real either :-)
>
> Pat in SNJ
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