Women’s business: Midwives on the mid North Coast of NSW

Women's business: Midwives on the mid North Coast of New South Wales to 1950, a study of Armidale, Kempsey and Port Macquaire

By: Noelene Kyle

This book details the training, careers, family life, business enterprises, travel, friendships, partnerships, community participation and professional contribution of 200 midwives and the hospitals they established or managed.

Kyle, Noeline. (2017). Women’s business: Midwives on the mid North Coast of New South Wales to 1950, a study of Armidale, Kempsey and Port Macquaire. Author.

This book details the training, careers, family life, business enterprises, travel to and between towns/villages, friendships and partnerships, community participation and their contribution to the profession of 200 midwives and the hospitals they established or managed. Mothers and daughters walking together, two or three sisters, and friends, so many women friends establishing hospitals, practicing their midwifery together, operating a business together or simply working in the same place. This is an extraordinary history of women developing professional maternity care for women in country towns. Many decades since they are still remembered in these communities. This publication ensures that their stories are recorded for future generations.”–Back cover.

Purchase through Noeline Kyle’s Writing Family History website or email noelinekyle@gmail.com

 

Categories:

Publish Date:

2017-01-01

Published Year:

2017

Publisher Name:

Total Pages:

208

ISBN 13:

9780957870093

Format:

Paperback

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

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