The midwife's tale : an oral history from handywoman to professional midwife / Nicky Leap and Billie Hunter.
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TextPublisher: Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: New editionDescription: xxx, 214 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, facsimile, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781593745Subject(s): Midwives -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Midwives -- Great Britain -- Interviews | Midwives -- Great Britain -- AnecdotesDDC classification: 618.20233 Summary: SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY. Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap spent several years interviewing dozens of mothers and retired midwives about their experiences of childbirth before the NHS. The result was The Midwife's Tale, an oral history of midwifery from the 1910s to the 1950s. The authors explore the very real poverty of the time; how woman coped with rearing large families; and the lack of knowledge of contraception and abortion. Gripping accounts of women's experiences are set against an informative background of events in the midwifery profession, particularly the transition from unqualified 'handywoman' to professional midwife in the 1930s.
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First published: London : Scarlet Press, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.
SOCIAL & CULTURAL HISTORY. Billie Hunter and Nicky Leap spent several years interviewing dozens of mothers and retired midwives about their experiences of childbirth before the NHS. The result was The Midwife's Tale, an oral history of midwifery from the 1910s to the 1950s. The authors explore the very real poverty of the time; how woman coped with rearing large families; and the lack of knowledge of contraception and abortion. Gripping accounts of women's experiences are set against an informative background of events in the midwifery profession, particularly the transition from unqualified 'handywoman' to professional midwife in the 1930s.
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