The Midwives Of Rosewood And Other Birth Stories
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Author: Elsie Shephard
Binding: Paperback
Published: THE PIONEER WOMEN'S HUT, GLENROY NSW., 1989
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Elsie Shephard’s The Midwives of Rosewood and Other Birth Stories presents a vivid oral history of childbirth in rural Australia, chronicling the experiences of women and midwives across generations. The book illustrates the resilience, ingenuity, and compassion of bush midwives who operated without formal training or modern facilities, and it argues for the cultural and emotional significance of birth as a communal event. Shephard details stories of hardship, courage, and quiet triumph, instructing readers in the realities of frontier medicine and the bonds forged through shared struggle.
Author: Elsie Shephard
Binding: Paperback
Published: THE PIONEER WOMEN'S HUT, GLENROY NSW., 1989
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Elsie Shephard’s The Midwives of Rosewood and Other Birth Stories presents a vivid oral history of childbirth in rural Australia, chronicling the experiences of women and midwives across generations. The book illustrates the resilience, ingenuity, and compassion of bush midwives who operated without formal training or modern facilities, and it argues for the cultural and emotional significance of birth as a communal event. Shephard details stories of hardship, courage, and quiet triumph, instructing readers in the realities of frontier medicine and the bonds forged through shared struggle.