Private Body entering the Public Legal Sphere: Nursing in Public, Mothers’ Rights, and Legal Misunderstandings

• In Event: Gender and the Judiciary

Brief Overview

This paper draws on indepth qualitative interview with breast-feeding women. Their experiences, their hesitancies, & their interpretations of relevant breast-feeding laws is examined. Despite substantial protections, many women were afraid to do so.

Author

• Elizabeth A. Hoffmann, Purdue University