The invention of the grandmother

Every child knows what a grandma looks like: she has white hair, pinned up in a bun. We recognize this image of the grandmother even today. But they really don’t look like that any more. In fact, in jeans and trainers, grandmothers look quite a lot like mothers these days. For Mother’s Day, our blog inquires into the origins of the enduring cliché of the white-haired grandmother.