Table of Contents

The Early Days / A New Era Dawns / The First World War and Beyond / A New Training Regime / The Second World War / Post-war and the National Health Service / The 1960s Onwards / The Twenty-first Century / Further Reading / Index

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The history of the people that have helped almost all of us into this world, explaining the real history behind the hit BBC series Call the Midwife.

About the Author

Susan Cohen is an historian with a wide interest in twentieth-century British social history and refugee studies. She has written and lectured widely on a variety of subjects. She has written The District Nurse, The Women's Institute and Medical Services in the First World War for Shire.