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> Europe, in between the time when births moved to hospitals and before women became doctors Don't know about the rest of Europe, but in the UK midwives became
by n4r9 2y ago
> Europe, in between the time when births moved to hospitals and before women became doctors
Don't know about the rest of Europe, but in the UK midwives became an official profession in 1902 and have consistently almost all been women, whilst most births would have been at home until the introduction of the NHS in 1948.
- jdougan 2y agoMy Mom was a midwife in London in the mid-20th century. She used to joke that she was a black belt...in midwifery. Apparently the belt colors had meaning then and still do other places (after a quick search it looks like Ghana still uses a black belt for midwives).