.My research gives a more comprehensive standpoint on girls's expertises of mothering as well as a much deeper understanding of exactly how girls without biological children contribute to the country and its future.' Mothers of all children' One such female was actually Katharine Bement Davis, the subject of my existing research.Born in Buffalo, New York City, in 1860, Davis was a member of a generation of "brand new females" that pursued higher education, constructed professional occupations and also fought for political legal rights.