# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join BCA to celebrate Burlington artist and author Barbara Zucker's new book, "The Second Oldest Profession: The Wet Nurse, Revered and Reviled" published by Abbeville Press.  

Zucker will lead a participatory conversation about art making, book publishing, process, and the fascinating profession of the wet nurse. You may have stories about the wet nurse yourself, if so, please bring them to share. Milk and cookies will be served. 

Books will be for sale and the artist will be available for book signing at the end of the event. Please contact Sara Katz skatz@burlingtoncityarts.org to reserve your copy in advance. 

The Second Oldest Profession: The Wet Nurse, Revered and Reviled is both a social history and a feminist act of reparation, uncovering the forgotten—perhaps deliberately buried—occupation of wet nursing. The wet nurse—a woman hired to breastfeed a child not her own—is an age-old occupation; in fact, archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen’s wet nurse. In modern Europe and the United States, wet nursing persisted into the early twentieth century, when bottles and formula rendered it virtually obsolete. This labor was inherently layered with issues of misogyny, race, and class, as mothers who had recently given birth ceased nourishing their own baby to provide for their entire family. Spanning social strata, wealthy families hired wet nurses to spare mothers the necessity of nursing, while foundling babies were fed by wet nurses employed by orphanages. Zucker’s lively text is abundantly illustrated with paintings, prints, and photographs she has collected over years of research, as well as her own arresting drawings and sculptures inspired by the topic. The Second Oldest Profession is essential and provocative reading for anyone interested in women’s history.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/burlington/the-second-oldest-profession-a-participatory-conversation-with-barbara-zucker-on-art-authorship-a/200030082169655
- **Event Categories**: art, sports, workshops, fine-arts, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Burlington
- **state**: VT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 135 Church St, Burlington, VT, United States, Vermont 05401
- **lat**: 44.47663
- **long**: -73.21283
- **full address**: 135 Church St, Burlington, VT, United States, Vermont 05401

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a being held?
  - **A:** The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a takes place on Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 27 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm at 135 Church St, Burlington, VT, United States, Vermont 05401.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a?
  - **A:** The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a is organized by Burlington City Arts.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Burlington, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If The Second Oldest Profession: A Participatory Conversation with Barbara Zucker on Art, Authorship, a sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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