List of breastfeeding activists

When La Leche League (LLL) was organized in 1956, it became a central place of contact for women looking for information, researchers and health professionals searching for peers, mothers hoping for encouragement and support, and writers wanting to connect with each other and share knowledge and insight.

As breastfeeding women began to join League and attend meetings they also became a willing market for publications about nursing and parenting.

La Leche League conferences (local, national and international) created venues for speakers, for researchers to present their findings, and for new books to be released.

As more women became college educated and entered the work force, they began to create new health fields, such as lactation consultation.

This list starts small, with the names of the founders of La Leche League, and then links to articles about the most well-known writers and researchers in the field of breastfeeding today.