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  • Louise Bourgeois Boursier.

    The scholarly midwife

    08/10/2015

    Known as ‘The scholar’, Louise Bourgeois Boursier (1563–1636) was a recognised midwife within the 17th century French court. The trials and tribulations of her life illustrate the marginal position of female midwives in medicine at the time. Despite this, Bourgeois… Continue reading

  • There may be troubles ahead…

    09/10/2012

    MS.8826 A recent manuscript acquisition highlights the importance of dance to health provision for women in the 1930s. Not as health-promoting exercise along the lines of the Women’s League of Health and Beauty, but as a means of supporting voluntary… Continue reading

  • Bonté Elgood: pioneering woman doctor in Egypt

    25/07/2012

    Papers held in the Wellcome Library relating to the life and medical career of Bonté Elgood (née Amos) (1870-1960) have now been catalogued and are available for research. They can be ordered online through the Wellcome Library’s catalogue (ref PP/ELG).… Continue reading

  • A big push for midwifery history

    18/11/2011

    The last few weeks have seen two major collaborative projects in the field of midwifery archives come to fruition, opening up exciting new avenues for research and exploration. Thanks to the Wellcome Library’s own partnership with the International Confederation of… Continue reading

  • The International Confederation of Midwives

    10/11/2011

    The cataloguing of the records of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) is now completed and the catalogue is available on-line at the Wellcome Library, reference SA/ICM. The Library is extremely grateful to the International Confederation of Midwives for funding… Continue reading

  • Wellcome Library Insight: Women, Health and Healing

    19/09/2011

    This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 22nd September – explores the changing role of women in medicine and attitudes to female healers through the centuries, with historical material drawn from the Wellcome Library’s collections. Our Insight… Continue reading

  • Wellcome Library Insight – Women, health and healing

    20/06/2011

    This week’s free Wellcome Library Insight session – on Thursday 23rd June – explores the changing role of women in medicine and attitudes to female healers through the centuries, with historical material drawn from the Wellcome Library’s collections. Our Insight… Continue reading

  • Midwifery on The ONE Show

    17/06/2011

    Last night’s edition of BBC’s The ONE Show included a feature on the history of midwifery. Filmed in the Medicine Man gallery of Wellcome Collection, the sequence featured an interview with Prof Elaine Hobby (Loughborough University), who illustrated her account… Continue reading

  • Happy 156th birthday, Dame Rosalind

    04/01/2011

    Today’s Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Life of the Day commemorates Dame Rosalind Paget, born on 4th January 1855, died 19th August 1948, nurse and midwife. Rosalind Paget was one of the numerous women involved in the reform of nursing… Continue reading

  • The Birth of Mankind

    01/06/2009

    The Birth of Mankind, otherwise named the Woman’s book was the most important English language work on midwifery in the 16th century. The text was a translation and adaptation of Der schwangern Frauwen und Hebammen Rosengarten, written by Eucharius Rösslin.… Continue reading