When the midwife Jane Sharp wrote The Midwives Book in 1671, she became the first British woman to publish a midwifery manual. Drawing on works by her male contemporaries and weaving together medical information and lively anecdotes, she produces a book that is instructive, accessible, witty, and constantly surprising.
| ISBN: | 9780195086539 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 1999 |
| Author: | Jane Sharp |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Series: | Women Writers in English 1350-1850 |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Midwifery |