The nanny was a woman, often of poor origin, who was entrusted, often for a fee, with the task of caring for an infant while also breastfeeding it.
Widespread everywhere in various ways, it was particular to African American women, often exploited by their employers, at the height of the WEIRD patriarchy. 'Mammy', a false and unfair stereotype, can today be interpreted as an insult.
Today fortunately this job, in its original form, no longer exists.
Setting: USA
Status:Extint
From "RETROSPECTRA: Vanishing Labors", Mirkolis 2023.
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