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Paperback The Midwife's Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife Book

ISBN: 1781593744

ISBN13: 9781781593745

The Midwife's Tale: An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife

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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...

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