Edwina Froehlich Passes On

Edwina Froehlich Passes On

Edwina Froehlich, cofounder of La Leche League International and coauthor of The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, died at 5:00 AM on Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Northwest Community hospital in Arlington Heights after suffering a stroke on May 25.

In 1956, Edwina Froehlich and six other women met in Franklin Park, Illinois to support one another through breastfeeding their babies. The group quickly grew and became La Leche League International. "In those days you didn't mention breast in print," Froehlich has said. "We knew that if we were ever going to get anything in the paper we would have to find a name that wouldn't actually tell people what our organization was about." La Leche League International now has groups in every US state and in 68 different countries. The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding has been translated into eight languages and Braille.

Edwina has done in her lifetime what many of us can only hope to accomplish: she has helped enrich the lives of thousands of mothers and babies.

You can make a donation to the Edwina Froehlich Memorial Fund here: www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Simple/Donor.asp

You can light a candle in her name here: www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=911543