RT Journal Article
T1 Gender, work, and family economies: wet nurses in rural Galicia (1850–1900)
A1 Dubert García, Isidro
A1 Muñoz Abeledo, Luisa
AB In this article we study the distinct formative stages of the labour market for external wet nurses employed by Galician foundling hospitals in the second half of the nineteenth century. We focus on changes in the nature of wet nurses’ work due to the benevolence laws (1822, 1836, 1849) that were driven by Spain’s liberal state. We also examine wet nurses’ socio-demographic profile and the geographic distribution of their labour markets. Finally, we explore the economic impact that Galician foundling hospitals had on rural districts, looking closely at the importance of external wet nurse wages for family budgets
PB Cambridge University Press
SN 0956-7933
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29281
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/29281
LA eng
NO Dubert, I., & Muñoz-Abeledo, L. (2022). Gender, work, and family economies: Wet nurses in rural Galicia (1850–1900). Rural History, 1-18. doi:10.1017/S0956793322000164
DS Minerva
RD 4 may 2026