.My study gives a broader standpoint on girls's expertises of mothering and a deeper understanding of just how women without natural little ones help in the nation as well as its own future.' Mamas of all little ones' One such girl was Katharine Bement Davis, the subject matter of my current research.Born in Buffalo, New York, in 1860, Davis was a member of a creation of "brand-new girls" who sought college, constructed qualified jobs as well as fought for political liberties.