Whilst we may believe we have done with our past, our past may not have done with us. A century ago, the women of Wintergreen had only the sketchiest of ideas about contraception. It was a time for old wives' tales and superstition. So what was it like back then to conceive and give birth, sometimes to a live baby? Wintergreen is an historical saga, telling the stories of twelve ordinary women surviving in less enlightened and very difficult times...