Shadows of the workhouse |
Auteurs | Worth, Jennifer (Auteur) |
Edition | Weidenfeld & Nicolson : Londres , 2005 |
Collation | 294 p. |
Format | 21 cm |
ISBN | 0-297-85326-0 |
Langue d'édition | anglais |
Catégories | Littérature langue anglaise |
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Résumé : In the 1950s, Jennifer Worth was a district midwife in East London. She worked with an order of nursing nuns, learning how to cope with midwifery in slum conditions. In the course of her training she met many interesting characters, whose stories are told in this book. In 1930, after many damning Royal Commission Reports, the workhouses of Britain were closed by Act of Parl...
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