"An exciting study about the evolution of pregnancy, motherhood, and infancy in Bahia, Brazil, in the century spanning the abolition of slavery. This book will be fundamental to the field of maternity and childhood studies in Latin America." (Jerry Dvila, University of Illinois, author of Hotel Tropico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization)"An important book, providing access to neglected archival documentation that brings new light to the lives of poor black and brown women in modern Brazil." (Anadelia Romo, Texas State University, author of Brazils Living Museum: Race, Reform, and Tradition in Bahia) "An exciting study about the evolution of pregnancy, motherhood, and infancy in Bahia, Brazil, in the century spanning the abolition of slavery. This book will be fundamental to the field of maternity and childhood studies in Latin America." (Jerry Dvila, University of Illinois, author of Hotel Tropico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization)"An important book, providing access to neglected archival documentation that brings new light to the lives of poor black and brown women in modern Brazil." (Anadelia Romo, Texas State University, author of Brazils Living Museum: Race, Reform, and Tradition in Bahia)About the AuthorOkezi T. Otovo is an assistant professor in the Department of History and the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University. what is the role of books in our life Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945 (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and L)