Citations:nurse-in

English citations of nurse-in

Noun: "a demonstration in which women gather in public to breastfeed their children"

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• 2000 — Ariel Gore, The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood, Seal Press (2000), →ISBN, page 217:

  Stage public nurse-ins every place where feeding our babies is considered "obscene."

• 2004 — Meghan Cope, "Placing Gendered Political Acts", in Mapping Women, Making Politics: Feminist Perspectives on Political Geography (eds. Lynn A. Staeheli, Eleonore Kofman, & Linda J. Peake), Routledge (2004), →ISBN, page 77:

  In several documented cases, nursing mothers were asked to leave museums, malls, restaurants, department stores, and other public or semipublic places […] which brought protests from mothers' groups, including public "nurse-ins" […]

• 2005 — Andy Steiner, Spilled Milk: Breastfeeding Adventures and Advice from Less-Than-Perfect Moms, Rodale (2005), →ISBN, page 35:

  In Allison's part of the country, it's not uncommon to see mothers breastfeeding talkative toddlers in coffee shops, or to read articles about citywide nurse-ins.

• 2007 — Linda Folden Palmer, Baby Matters: What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Caring for Your Baby, Baby Reference (2007), →ISBN, page xi:

  I hear parents' voices getting louder every day, embracing birth choices, gentle parenting, and home schooling, with nationwide nurse-ins in response to mistreatment of breastfeeding mothers, […]

• 2007 — Jessica Valenti, Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters, Seal Press (2007), →ISBN, page 160:

  Moms — some of whom are calling themselves "lactivists" — are holding nurse-ins across the country to bring attention to stores and companies that won't let women breastfeed.

• 2008 — Stacey H. Rubin, The ABCs of Breastfeeding: Everything a Mom Needs to Know for a Happy Nursing Experience, AMACOM (2008), →ISBN, page 165:

  Many of these nurse-ins have received national media coverage and have made breastfeeding a cause for national discussion.

• 2008 — "Breastfeeders mad after mother says she was asked to leave store", Vancouver Province, 11 August 2008:

  The nurse-in was organized by Allison Loblaw of London, Ont., after she said she was humiliated for breastfeeding at the lingerie outlet last month.

• 2010 — Doug Lansky, The Titantic Awards: Celebrating the Worst of Travel, Perigee Books (2010), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

  […] (during which time 900 people participated in nurse-ins to show support for Emily at 40 airports across the country), […]

• 2011 — Beth Brelje, "Mother defends breastfeeding in public despite criticism", Pocono Record, 31 December 2011:

  A nationwide nurse-in descended on Target stores this week after a mom in Texas complained when employees said she could not feed her baby in the store.