.My research uses a more comprehensive standpoint on girls's knowledge of mothering and a deeper understanding of exactly how women without natural youngsters bring about the country and its future.' Mommies of all little ones' One such female was Katharine Bement Davis, the subject matter of my current research.Born in Buffalo grass, Nyc, in 1860, Davis belonged to a generation of "brand new females" that pursued college, constructed specialist occupations and also fought for political civil rights.