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Mothers, midwives, and reproductive labor in interwar and wartime Britain / Sandra Trudgen Dawson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dawson, Sandra Trudgen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Childbirth--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Childbirth.
- Midwives--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Midwives.
- Mothers--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Mothers.
- Women--Great Britain--Social conditions--20th century.
- Women.
- Parturition.
- Midwifery--history.
- Mothers--history.
- Reproductive Health--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- United Kingdom.
- Medical Subjects:
- Parturition.
- Midwifery--history.
- Mothers--history.
- Reproductive Health--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- United Kingdom.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Safe childbirth and midwifery occupied medical professional and government officials throughout the interwar and war years, but economic constraints and war preparation took precedence. Mothers and midwives made childbirth and professional decisions based on their desires and needs rather than at the direction of the local and central government"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Mothers and Midwives: Reproductive Labour in Interwar and Wartime Britain
- Infant Mortality, Surplus Women, and the Establishment of a Profession
- Midwives and Maternal Mortality During and After the Great War
- Women's Reproductive Health and Birth Control in the 1920s and 1930s
- Labour Pains and Activism for Mothers in the 1930s
- Municipal Midwives and National Shortages
- War and Reproductive Labour
- Desiring More: Mothers, Midwives, and the Policies of Wartime Persuasion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dawson, Sandra Trudgen. Mothers, midwives, and reproductive labor in interwar and wartime Britain
- ISBN:
- 9781793608260
- 1793608261
- OCLC:
- 1413445709
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