Friday, May 1, 2009

Niles and Michael Newton and LLL - Time Magazine Archives

Thanks to Debra Swank, an IBCLC in Ashburn, VA for posting these Time Magazine articles on a lactation email list.

Mind & Milk
June 19, 1950:
When Niles Rumely Newton had her first daughter, Willow, five years ago, she was told that she would not be able to nurse the baby. "It made me so mad,' recalls tall (5 ft. 10 in.), grey-eyed Mrs Newton, "that I insisted on trying it. Anc I succeeded. [read more]

Back to the Breast
July 19, 1968
"A pair of substantial mammary glands," said Oliver Wendell Holmes the Elder in 1867, "has the advantage over the two hemispheres of the most learned professor's brain in the art of compounding a nutritious fluid for infants." Although eminently sound, Dr. Holmes's medical opinion was ignored by three generations of American women striving for female emancipation. [read more]