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    25 Historical Images That Normalize Breastfeeding

    Proof that the "as-long-as-you-cover-up" mentality hasn't been around for very long. See more of my story here: "Boobs."

    1. A Mother Feeding Her Baby at a Chattanooga Bus Stop - 1943

    2. A Mother Feeding Her Baby at the Beach - 1930s

    3. Depression-era Breastfeeding

    4. French Mothers in a Paris Doctors Office Waiting Room - 1946

    5. Breastfeeding in Church - 1871

    6. Mother and Baby - c.1900

    7. Breastfeeding on Sesame Street - 1977

    8. Leonardo Da Vinci Painting of Mary and Jesus

    9. Breastfeeding at an Outdoor Meeting

    10. Japanese Art Depicting Breastfeeding - 1700s

    11. "Hi Mom!" Vintage Postcard

    12. Children's Book Depicting Breastfeeding and Bottle Feeding

    13. Nursing Outside

    14. Breastfeeding in the 1950s

    15. 1920s

    16. Victorian Era Mother and Baby

    17. Front Porch - 1898

    18. Gabriel Joseph de Froment, Baron de Castille, Princess Hermine Aline Dorothée de Rohan and Family - 19th Century

    19. 1891

    20. Wyspiański - Breastfeeding Painting - 1905

    21. Part of the Family

    22. WPA Breastfeeding Advocacy Poster - 1930s

    23. AND WHAT ABOUT...

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