民国时期,大部分育婴堂都雇请乳妇来乳养婴儿。为了保证乳养实效,育婴堂在乳妇的选拔、管理等方面制定了严格的规则。乳妇通过出卖自己的乳汁,获得相应的工资及生活待遇,得以养家糊口;同时,乳妇哺乳了大量的弃婴,在育婴事业中起到了重要的作用。但是,民国时期的政体变革、贪污腐败、管理混乱等因素严重地影响了管理规则的实施,影响了乳妇的命运。于是,连“乳妇”这一种特殊的职业也慢慢地走向了衰落。 During the Republic of China, most of the nurseries employed women to breast-feed infants. In order to ensure the effectiveness of breast-feeding, we have formulated strict rules on the selection and management of breast-feeding women. By selling their own milk, women earn their wages and living allowances to support their families. At the same time, breastfeeding a large number of abandoned babies plays an important role in the cause of child-rearing. However, during the Republic of China, such factors as regime change, corruption and disorderly management seriously affected the implementation of management rules and affected the fate of women. As a result, even the “maternal” is a special kind of occupation has slowly declined.