This book recounts the journey of English midwives over six centuries and their battle for survival as a discrete profession, caring safely for childbearing women. With a particular focus on sixteenth and twentieth century midwifery practice, it includes new research which provides evidence of the identity, social status, lives, families and practice of contemporary midwives, and argues that the excellent care given by ecclesiastically licensed midwives in Tudor England was not bettered until the twentieth century. Relying on a wide variety of archived and personally collected material, this history illuminates the lives, words, professional experiences and outcomes of midwives. It explores the place of women in society, the development of midwifery education and regulation, the seventeenth century arrival of the accoucheurs and the continuing drive by obstetricians to medicalise birth. A fascinating and compelling read, it highlights the politics and challenges that have shaped midwifery practice today and encourages readers to be confident in midwifery-led care and giving women choices in childbirth. It is an important read for all those interested in childbirth.
*Winner of the 2023 Northern California Book Award* The first biography of Elsie Robinson, the most influential newspaper columnist you’ve never heard of At thirty-five, Elsie Robinson feared she’d lost it all. Reeling from a scandalous divorce in 1917, she had no means to support herself and her chronically ill son. She dreamed of becoming a writer and was willing to sacrifice everything for this goal, even swinging a pickax in a gold mine to pay the bills. When the mine shut down, she moved to the Bay Area. Armed with moxie and samples of her work, she barged into the offices of the Oakland Tribune and was hired on the spot. She went on to become a nationally syndicated columnist and household name whose column ran for over thirty years and garnered more than twenty million readers. Told in cinematic detail by bestselling author Julia Scheeres and award-winning journalist Allison Gilbert, Listen, World! is the inspiring story of a timeless maverick, capturing what it means to take a gamble on self-fulfillment and find freedom along the way.
TROISBY ALLISON GRACELove is many things to many people. The question is how many people is too many? Kamar is about to find out that there are rules to loving a woman. Follow his wild journey as he discovers what happens when loving a woman that's already in a relationship gets complicated. Will love conquer all, or is two company and three more than a crowd?SEXVENGENCEBY JULIA PRESS SIMMONS"When a good girl's gone bad she's gone forever," Jay Z Meet Olivia Maxwell, A thirty-three-year-old nurse married to wealthy real estate investor Girard Maxwell. On the outside looking in her life seems like a fairytale. They live in the swank suburbs of Philadelphia, vacation several times a year, and want for nothing that money can buy. However, looks can be deceiving. Olivia is in her own personal hell. Girard's cheating ways have destroyed their marriage. He barely talks to her and never touches her. The stress of trying to keep their marriage together contributed to three miscarriages and countless therapy appointments with various shrinks. Olivia has had enough. She found the courage to finally leave him, but first she's determined to make him pay. Olivia will have her revenge and cum as much as possible in the process.TUITIONBY SANDRA NICOLESharmaine Hawkins is a single mom putting herself through college with the hopes of becoming an RN and making a better life for both herself and her daughter Niyah. When her student loan fails to go through, Sharmaine is faced with an unexpected tuition bill that must be paid in order for her to finish out her program. With her back against the wall, and no options in sight, her friend and part-time lover, Jason, presents her with an opportunity to not only solve her tuition problem, but also prove to her that he wants to be a whole lot more than just friends. Now Sharmaine must make a decision; will she accept Jason's offer, or, will she decline and drop out of nursing school altogether? Find out in Tuition.
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