title: "The highest pleasure of which woman's nature is capable": breast-feeding and the sentimental maternal ideal in America, 1750–1860.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: Nora
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Doyle
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000266:history; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008425:Maternal Behavior / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D008429:Maternal Welfare / Q000191:economics / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D016387:Women's Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history