Skip to content
where news meets its scholarly match
  • Newsletters
  • About JSTOR Daily
  • Arts & Culture
    • Art & Art History
    • Film & Media
    • Language & Literature
    • Performing Arts
  • Business & Economics
    • Business
    • Economics
  • Politics & History
    • Politics & Government
    • U.S. History
    • World History
    • Social History
    • Quirky History
  • Science & Technology
    • Health
    • Natural Science
    • Plants & Animals
    • Sustainability & The Environment
    • Technology
  • Education & Society
    • Education
    • Lifestyle
    • Religion
    • Social Sciences
  • Newsletters
  • Contact The Editors
  • Support JSTOR Daily
Tag

childhood

Politics & History

The Lifesaving, Horrifying History of Wet Nurses

The history of wet nurses
  • «
  • 1
  • 2

Editors' Picks

Arts & Culture

Reading for LGBTQ+ Pride Month

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month around the world, so the JSTOR Daily editors have rounded up a few of our favorite stories to mark the occasion.
Politics & History

Harvey Milk’s Gay Freedom Day Speech: Annotated

Five months before his assassination in 1978, Harvey Milk called on the president of the United States to defend the rights of gay and lesbian Americans.
Politics & History

Guns in America: Foundations and Key Concepts

This non-exhaustive list of readings on the role of guns in US history and society introduces the field as a subject of scholarly inquiry.
Politics & History

“I Have A Dream”: Annotated

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s iconic speech, annotated with relevant scholarship on the literary, political, and religious roots of his words.
Politics & History

The History of Outlawing Abortion in America

Abortion was first criminalized in the U.S. in the mid-19th century. A key argument was that too many white women were ending their pregnancies.

Support JSTOR Daily

Help us keep publishing stories that provide scholarly context to the news.
Become a member

About Us

JSTOR Daily provides context for current events using scholarship found in JSTOR, a digital library of academic journals, books, and other material. We publish articles grounded in peer-reviewed research and provide free access to that research for all of our readers.

  • Contact The Editors
  • Masthead
  • Newsletters
  • About Us
  • Submission Guidelines
  • RSS
  • About the American Prison Newspapers Collection
  • Submissions: American Prison Newspapers Collection
  • Support JSTOR Daily
  • JSTOR.org
  • Terms and Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Cookie Settings
  • Accessibility
logo

JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization helping the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and to advance research and teaching in sustainable ways.

© ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA.

Sign up for our weekly newsletter

    Get your fix of JSTOR Daily’s best stories in your inbox each Thursday.

    Privacy Policy   Contact Us
    You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the provided link on any marketing message.