Midwife's Tale : An Oral History from Handywoman to Professional Midwife by Nicky Leap and Billie Hunter (2014, Trade Paperback)

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Product Description : 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 Midwifes Tale an oral history of midwifery from the 1910s to the 1950sThe 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 womens 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