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La Leche League International History Timeline

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  • Idea of breastfeeding support group was born

    In July at a picnic at Wilder Park in Elmhurst, IL, USA, Mary White and Marian Tompson came up with an idea to start a support group for breastfeeding women.

  • First La Leche League meeting

    was held in Franklin Park, IL, USA at the house of Dr.Gregory and Mary White.

  • 1st ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    33 pages

  • 1st edition of Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    33-page booklet

  • Spanish translation of 1st edition of Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

  • 2nd ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    29 printings 1,172,200 copies

  • La Leche League New Zealand was founded

    Yvonne Procuta was the first Leader

  • La Leche League groups in Mexico appear

  • La Leche League Great Britain was founded

  • La Leche League Mexico was founded

  • First La Leche League meetings in France

  • La Leche League Nederland was founded

  • La Leche Liga Deutschland was founded

    The first German Leaders were Edda Longman and Hannah Lothrop.

  • La Leche League Belgium/Wallonia was founded

  • La Leche League Austria was founded

  • La Leche League of Italy was founded

  • "Mothering your nursing toddler" (1 ed)

    Cover art of Mothering your nursing toddler

  • 3rd ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeding

    9 printings - 536,000 copies

  • La Leche League Bolivia was founded

  • "Mothering your nursing toddler" (2nd ed.)

    Cover art of "Mothering your nursing toddler"

  • La Leche League Ecuador was started

  • LLLI publishes "Of Cradles and Careers" by Kaye Lowman

  • LLLI loans money to establish the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners

  • La Leche League Euskadi and Spain was founded

    Euskadi is Basque Country

  • La Leche League Peer Counselor Program is launced

  • 4th ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    5 printings - 100,000 copies

  • French translation "Mothering your nursing toddler" (2nd ed.)

    Cover art

  • La Leche League Dominican Republic was founded

  • 35th anniversary ed (5th ed) Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    6 printings - 114,000 copies

  • La Leche League China

  • German translation "Mothering your nursing toddler" (2nd ed.)

    Cover art

  • La Leche League Belgium/Flanders was founded

  • 6th ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

    8 printings - 120,000 copies

  • "Mothering your nursing toddler" (3rd ed)

  • 7th ed.Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

  • 1st La Leche League Leader in Bulgaria

    Tanya Ruseva was the first leader

  • La Leche League Ukraine was founded

    Nataliya Polizhak was the first Leader

  • La Leche League Russia was founded

    Ekaterina Lokshina was the first Leader.

  • La Leche League Croatia was founded

  • La Leche League of Croatia was founded

  • 8th ed. Womanly Art of Breastfeeding

  • La Leche League Belarus was founded

    Olga Prominski was the first Leader.

  • La Leche League Lebanon was founded

    Nadiya Dragan, originally from Ukraine, was the first Leader in Lebanon

  • La Leche League of Serbia was founded

  • La Leche League Serbia