.My study offers a more comprehensive standpoint on women's expertises of mothering as well as a deeper understanding of how women without biological youngsters support the nation as well as its own future.' Mothers of all children' One such female was Katharine Bement Davis, the subject of my current research.Born in Buffalo grass, New York, in 1860, Davis was a member of a creation of "brand new females" who pursued college, built expert careers and defended political liberties.