.My research gives a wider perspective on women’s knowledge of mothering and also a much deeper understanding of just how females without natural children support the nation as well as its future.’ Mommies of all children’ One such girl was actually Katharine Bement Davis, the topic of my current research.Born in Buffalo grass, New York, in 1860, Davis belonged to a production of “brand new girls” who went after college, created professional occupations as well as fought for political civil liberties.