{"id":20319,"date":"2014-01-18T08:26:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T06:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=20319"},"modified":"2025-11-30T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T08:47:05","slug":"boktips-barnmorskan-i-east-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2014\/01\/boktips-barnmorskan-i-east-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Book tip: Midwife in the East End by Jennifer Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-helena-bergstrom\">Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kvinnosyn-och-lakekonst-i-europa\">Feminism and medicine in Europe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It's a fascinating historical document, not least because it tells us about the view of women and medicine in Europe not so long ago.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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barnmorskan-i-East-End.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"657\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barnmorskan-i-East-End.jpg\" alt=\"Barnmorskan i East End\" class=\"wp-image-20320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barnmorskan-i-East-End.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/Barnmorskan-i-East-End-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div id=\"freed-2557523358\" class=\"hide-label freed-after-content_2 freed-entity-placement method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><form method=\"post\" id=\"ft_newsletter_subscribe\" action=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2014\/01\/boktips-barnmorskan-i-east-end\/\" class=\"ft-newsletter\" data-ajax-url=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-trp-original-action=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2014\/01\/boktips-barnmorskan-i-east-end\/\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"stage\" value=\"subscribe\" \/>\n<h2>Subscribe to our newsletter<\/h2>\n<p class=\"form-field\" data-missing=\"This field is required.\" data-invalid=\"Please enter a valid email address.\">\n<label for=\"ft_newsletter_email\">Email address<\/label>\n<input id=\"ft_newsletter_email\" name=\"ft_newsletter_email\" type=\"email\" value=\"\" placeholder=\"Enter your email address\" aria-required=\"true\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<input class=\"signup button newsletter-meta-button\" type=\"submit\"  name=\"subscribe\" value=\"Subscribe\">\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: -4200px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ft-newsletter-protect\"><input type=\"text\" name=\"98d0b92c63fae1c39c28d2024aa82be8e0ab74fe\" tabindex=\"-1\" value=\"\"><\/div>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"en\"\/><\/form><\/div><div id=\"freed-4067138278\" class=\"hide-label freed-after-content_3 freed-entity-placement method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\" style=\"margin-top: 30px;margin-bottom: 35px;\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"FREEDOMtravel Exit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel.png\" alt=\"FREEDOMtravel Avslut\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-1024x341.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-768x256.png 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-224x75.png 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-600x200.png 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-18x6.png 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/FREEDOMtravel-433x144.png 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writer: Helena Bergstr\u00f6m We did a lot of reading during our holiday in the Philippines, and one of the books I read was The Midwife of the East End. Jennifer Worth worked as a midwife and nurse in the poorest parts of London in the 1950s, and this is her memoir. 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Jennifer Worth jobbade under 1950-talet som barnmorska och sjuksk\u00f6terska i Londons fattigaste delar, och det h\u00e4r \u00e4r hennes memoarer. 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