Romeo and Juliet

Why would the Nurse have breast fed Juliet?

Act 1

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Women of high nobility avoided messy breastfeeding. They frequently employed a "wet nurse" or a woman who is lactating. The Nurse in R&J had lost her baby and was hired to take care of Juliet.

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