Carol: For information on the history of infant feeding in the US, some resources you could look at include: Apple R.D., "How Shall I Feed My Baby? Infant Feeding in the United States, 1870-1940." PhD diss., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1981. Apple RD. Mothers and Medicine: A Social History of Infant Feeding. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1987. Apple RD. The Medicalization of Infant Feeding in the United States and New Zealand: Two Countries, One Experience. Journal of Human Lactation 1994; 10(1):31-37. Baumslag N. and D. Michels. Milk, Money and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding. Westport, CN: Bergin & Garvey, 1995. Palmer G. The Politics of Breastfeeding. 2nd ed. London: Pandora, 1993. Anne Altshuler, RN, MS, IBCLC and LLL Leader in Madison, WI e-mail address: [log in to unmask]