Books
Recommended reading & featured books
Adcock, Winifred, Bayliss, Ursula, Butler, Sr Marietta, Hayes, Pamela, Woolston, Hazel, and Sparrow, Patricia. (1984). With Courage and Devotion: A History of Midwifery in New South Wales. NSW Midwives Association.
With Courage and Devotion
Best, Odette, & Fredericks, Bronwyn. (2021). Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care (3rd ed.), Cambridge University Press.
Yatdjuligin: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nursing and Midwifery Care
Fielding, Trisha. (2019). Neither Mischievous nor Meddlesome: The remarkable lives of North Queensland’s independent midwives 1890-1940. North Queensland History Press.
Neither Mischievous nor Meddlesome
Gaff-Smith, Mavis. (2004). Riverina Midwives: From the Mountains to the Plains. Triple D Books.
Riverina Midwives
Gaff-Smith, Mavis. (2010). No births on Monday. Triple D Books.
No Births on Monday
Gaff-Smith, Mavis. (2016). Midwives and rabbit snatchers. Triple D Books.
Midwives and Rabbit Snatchers
Gaff-Smith, Mavis. (2018). Midwives and paddle steamers. Triple D books
Midwives and Paddle Streamers
Gilmore, Mary. (1934). Old days, old ways: A book of recollections. Angus & Robertson
Old Days, Old Ways
Godden, Judith. (2016). Crown Street Women’s Hospital: A history 1893-1983. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Crown Street Women's Hospital: A history 1893-1983
Book Review by Christine Cornwell, ACM Midwifery History Project Steering Group
Kyle, Noeline. (2001). Memories & dreams: A biography of nurse Mary Kirkpatrick. Author.
Memories and Dreams
Kyle, Noeline. (2017). Women’s business: Midwives on the mid North Coast of New South Wales to 1950, a study of Armidale, Kempsey and Port Macquaire. Author.
Women's Business
Leap, Nicky, & Hunter, Billie. (2013). The midwife’s tale: An oral history from handywoman to professional midwife. Pen & Sword.
The Midwife's Tale
McCalman, Janet. (1999). Sex and suffering: Women’s health and a women’s hospital, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, 1856 – 1996. Carlton, Vic., Melbourne University Press.
Sex and Suffering: Women's Health and a Women's Hospital, the Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne 1856–1996
Book Review by Christine Catling, Chair of the ACM Midwifery History Project Steering Group
Potter, Leslie. (2017). Mistress of her Profession: Colonial Midwives of Sydney 1788-1901. Anchor Books Australia.
Mistress of her Profession
Potter, Leslie. (2020). Born in Glebe: Mothers, midwives & medical men. Author.
Born in Glebe: Mothers, midwives & medical men
Shephard, Elsie. (1989). The midwives of Rosewood and other birth stories. Pioneer Women’s Hut.
The Midwives of Rosewood
Shephard, Elsie. (1991). The midwives of Tumbarumba and other birth stories. Pioneers Women’s Hut.
The Midwives of Tumbarumba
Willis, Evan. (1989). Medical dominance: The division of labour in Australian health care. Allen & Unwin.
Medical Dominance
Library Resource Guides: Nursing and midwifery history
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