Pat writes: << religious overtones...[snip]... But it could be because she is BF in Public - gasp. >> In Marina Warner's book on the iconography of Mary in Christianity, _Alone of All Her Sex_, there is a great section on the former popularity of the image of Maria Lactans, and its decline in the 18th and 19th centuries. (A great book altogether in fact) Elisheva *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html