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We did a lot of reading during our holiday in the Philippines, and one of the books I read was The East End Midwife. Jennifer Worth worked in the 1950s as a midwife and nurse in the poorest parts of London, and this is her memoir.
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ShareFeminism and medicine in Europe
It's a fascinating historical document, not least because it tells us about the view of women and medicine in Europe not so long ago. It is sometimes a little dizzying to realise how poor and underdeveloped it could be in our part of the world so late in the day that people can still remember it.
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BP says:
Have seen the TV series and really liked it!
18 January 2014 - 15:38
admin says:
BP, didn't even know it was a TV series... interesting!
18 January 2014 - 16:13
Ditte says:
I have seen the TV series and liked it very much and later I read the book which I thought was great. And it was not so long ago that England and we other countries in the West were so miserable.
18 January 2014 - 21:47