KNOWN FACTS DURING 18^TH CENTURY ENGLAND in Vanities & Vexations

A known practice in 18^th century England among certain families was this: A woman conceived a child, and the infant was sent off to live with a wetnurse for approximately a year (it varied). Incidentally, some sources cite this to be the way Jane Austen was raised, hence why she perhaps was not as close to her mother, for the first few months of an infant’s life is when the bond between mother and child becomes strong.

Prejudices/sacrifices were actual fact and were practiced at some point.