.My research supplies a wider point of view on girls's expertises of mothering and a much deeper understanding of how females without biological youngsters contribute to the nation as well as its own future.' Mothers of all children' One such girl was Katharine Bement Davis, the target of my existing research.Born in Buffalo grass, The Big Apple, in 1860, Davis belonged to a generation of "brand-new females" who pursued college, created specialist occupations and defended political legal rights.