The following questions, with a short letter, were sent to about 600
members who were, or had been, officials of the Women’s Co-operative
Guild, of whose family histories nothing was previously known. The
letter asked these members to bring out in their replies what they
“have felt about the difficulty of taking care, the ignorance that has
prevailed on the conditions of pregnancy, and how these conditions
result in lack of health and energy, meaning that a woman cannot do
justice to herself or give her best to her husband and children.”
The questions asked were: