.My research uses a wider perspective on women's knowledge of mothering and a deeper understanding of just how females without natural children result in the nation and its own future.' Mothers of all children' One such woman was actually Katharine Bement Davis, the target of my existing research.Born in Buffalo grass, The Big Apple, in 1860, Davis belonged to a production of "brand-new ladies" who pursued higher education, developed expert professions and also fought for political legal rights.