Breastfeeding in Public, 1916

Despite what sometimes feels like hostile reactions toward breastfeeding in public these days, there is a long tradition of nursing in public even though there were decades when mothers were taught to bottle feed as opposed to breastfeed. Here is a photo from May 15, 1916. The title of the photo is "The cornstock madonna" and was taken by Orin Crooker, Hoopeston, Ill.