![]() As more women became college educated and entered the work force, they began to create new health fields, such as lactation consultation. ![]() ![]() La Leche League conferences (local, national and international) created venues for speakers, for researchers to present their findings, and for new books to be released. When La Leche League (LLL) was organized in 1956, it became a central place of contact for women looking for information, researchers and health professionals searching for peers, mothers hoping for encouragement and support, and writers wanting to connect with each other and share knowledge and insight.Īs breastfeeding women began to join League and attend meetings they also became a willing market for publications about nursing and parenting. The international breastfeeding community includes people who actively promote breastfeeding, teach breastfeeding, research breastfeeding and related health issues, and who write about breastfeeding and the ways it influences mothering, parenting and family life. The painting Macierzynstwo by Stanisław Wyspiański ![]()
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