.My investigation provides a more comprehensive viewpoint on women's experiences of mothering and a deeper understanding of how ladies without biological little ones bring about the nation as well as its own future.' Mothers of all kids' One such woman was Katharine Bement Davis, the target of my current research.Born in Buffalo, The Big Apple, in 1860, Davis was a member of a generation of "brand new women" who went after college, constructed expert careers and also defended political rights.