Maternity: Lette

Maternity: Letters from Working-Women

Name: Maternity: Letters from Working-Women
Author: Women's Co-operative Guild [Editor]

作者：Women's Co-operative Guild [Editor]
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MATERNITY
LETTERS FROM WORKING-WOMEN
LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.,
YORK HOUSE, PORTUGAL STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.
MATERNITY
COLLECTED BY
THE WOMEN’S CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
WITH A PREFACE BY
THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P.
PREFACE
BY THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P.
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND FACSIMILES
MATERNITY
LETTERS FROM WORKING-WOMEN
INTRODUCTION
LETTERS FROM WORKING-WOMEN.
1. TWENTY YEARS OF CHILD-BEARING.
2. “OUT OF BED ON THE THIRD DAY.”
3. HOSPITALS--A CRYING NEED.
4. “ALL DAY WASHING AND IRONING.”
5. A HALF-STARVED PREGNANCY.
6. HEALTHY AND STRONG.
7. “SHE IS REAL ILL.”
8. MEN NEED EDUCATION.
9. BAD CONFINEMENTS.
10. “I AM A RUINED WOMAN.”
11. “I WAS AWFULLY POOR.”
12. “I DRAGGED ABOUT IN MISERY.”
13. “VERY FORTUNATE.”
14. INFLAMMATION.
15. “OH, THE HORRORS WE SUFFER!”
16. “A NIGHTMARE YET.”
17. LACK OF FOOD AND BAD HOUSING.
18. ASTONISHING HEALTH.
19. “KEPT ALL TO MYSELF.”
20. STEAD’S PENNY POETS.
21. HOW A WOMAN MAY SUFFER.
22. “GOT ON SPLENDIDLY.”
23. “ONE OF THE FORTUNATE.”
24. UTTERLY OVERDONE.
25. THREE CHILDREN IN THREE YEARS.
26. “SUCH IS THE LIFE OF POOR WOMEN.”
27. WORKED UP TO THE LAST.
28. HEAVY EXPENSE OF CHILDBIRTH.
29. “I AM NEARLY USED UP.”
30. “MOTHER LAST.”
31. LITTLE TO TELL.
32. RESTRICTION ADVOCATED.
33. “ALMOST A WRECK.”
34. DELICATE CHILDREN.
35. CONTINUAL PREGNANCY FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
36. MANY MISCARRIAGES.
37. AGAINST LARGE FAMILIES.
38. “OTHER CHILDREN WITH MEASLES.”
39. BENEFIT FROM HEARTS OF OAK.
40. NEGLECT BY DOCTORS.
41. OVER-CHILD-BEARING.
42. “CONSTANT CARE AND HELP.”
43. BAD EXPERIENCES.
44. “AN INDOMITABLE WILL.”
45. “MOCK MODESTY.”
46. A HEALTHY MILL-WORKER.
47. “I THINK A LOT.”
48. “A TIME OF HORROR.”
49. VERY HARD TIMES.
50. A FARM-WORKER’S WIFE.
51. SHUN PATENT FOODS.
52. “GET VERY LITTLE PITY.”
53. WORK IN THE MILL.
54. IN FAVOUR OF BREAST-FEEDING.
55. MIXED EXPERIENCES.
56. TWELVE CHILDREN.
57. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS.
58. INEFFICIENT DOCTOR.
59. HOUSEHOLD HELP NEEDED.
60. MISCARRIAGES.
61. A VERY SAD CASE.
62. STATE MATERNITY HOMES WANTED.
63. “A MISERABLE EXPERIENCE.”
64. “BEST OF TIMES ARE BAD.”
65. EVERY ATTENTION.
66. VERY GOOD HEALTH.
67. “A STEADY AND REGULAR INCOME.”
68. “READ, STUDIED, AND TOOK CARE.”
69. PREVENTIVES.
70. THE TEACHING OF EXPERIENCE.
71. “BUT IT IS TOO LATE.”
I think I was getting about 26s. off my husband.
72. LOSS OF STRENGTH.
73. SUFFERING AND HARD WORK.
74. “HEAVY WASH-DAYS.”
75. BAD EFFECTS OF HARD WORK.
76. AMONGST STRANGERS.
77. CARE AND ATTENTION.
78. WEAKNESS FOLLOWING PREGNANCY.
79. FREQUENT PREGNANCIES.
80. HUSBAND ON SHORT TIME.
81. CONVULSIONS.
82. “EVERY CARE ON EVERY OCCASION.”
I have all my children, never buried any.
83. A WAGE-EARNING MOTHER.
84. “TWO CHILDREN UNDER THE YEAR.”
85. EFFECTS OF WORRY.
86. “NOT MUCH STRENGTH LEFT.”
87. STRUGGLES OF A MINER’S WIFE.
88. “DID NOT LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING.”
89. A BRUTAL HUSBAND.
90. “I OVERDID MYSELF.”
91. “BETTER TO HAVE A SMALL FAMILY.”
92. IGNORANCE.
93. OUT-OF-DOOR EXERCISE EVERY DAY.
94. “GIVEN ANYTHING TO HAVE A GOOD SLEEP.”
95. “HUSBAND WHO WAS NURSE AND MOTHER.”
96. INJURY AT CONFINEMENT.
97. CHILDLESS.
98. “I SIMPLY STRUGGLED ON.”
99. STORY OF A CONFINEMENT.
100. A WRECK AT THIRTY.
101. TWO CHILDREN IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS.
102. NEED FOR NOURISHMENT AFTER CONFINEMENT.
103. HER “LOT.”
104. NEED OF REST.
105. “NEVER LOST A MOMENT’S SLEEP.”
106. “I WAS LOCKED UP IN A MORNING.”
107. “FELT LIKE GIVING IN ALTOGETHER.”
108. EXTRA WELL.
109. WORK IN A BRICKYARD.
110. HUSBAND WITH TYPHOID FEVER.
111. “TOO EXHAUSTED TO EAT.”
112. THIRTEEN BIRTHS AND FOUR MISCARRIAGES.
113. AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER’S DAUGHTER.
114. “NO REST FOR MOTHERS, NIGHT OR DAY.”
115. PROPER CARE.
116. EIGHT MISCARRIAGES.
117. NEED FOR MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES.
118. EASY CIRCUMSTANCES.
119. NOTHING UNUSUAL.
120. SOCK-MAKING AT TWOPENCE A PAIR.
121. NATURAL TIMES.
122. IRONING AND KNEADING IN BED.
123. TEA AND SUGAR PUT AWAY.
124. SIX TO FEED ON SIXTEEN SHILLINGS.
125. “WORKED TOO HARD AS A GIRL.”
126. A STRONG WOMAN.
127. WINE LODGES SHOULD BE CLOSED.
128. “OFTEN WENT SHORT OF FOOD.”
129. AN AGRICULTURAL LABOURER’S WIFE.
130. TEN SHILLINGS COMING IN FOR TWELVE WEEKS.
131. CONSOLED HERSELF WITH AN ORPHAN BOY.
132. “THE TERRIBLE SUFFERING I ENDURED.”
133. MATERNITY BENEFIT “INTENDED FOR THEMSELVES.”
134. AN AWFUL STRUGGLE.
135. RAG-SORTING.
136. “I WONDER HOW I LIVED.”
137. FIVE STILL-BIRTHS.
138. A WEAVER.
139. DRUGS.
140. GOT UP THE FIFTH DAY.
141. A FAMILY OF FIFTEEN.
142. “MUCH DEPENDS ON THE HUSBAND.”
143. PROBLEM OF HOUSEWORK.
144. BAD MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
145. ILLNESS COSTING NEARLY £20.
146. SPECIALIST’S ADVICE NEEDED.
147. A SMALL PRIVATE INCOME.
148. “NINE MONTHS OF MISERY.”
149. EVERY HELP.
150. “SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAD CHILDREN.”
151. SYSTEMATIC PREPARATION.
152. “HAD TO GO OUT TO CLEAN AND PAPER.”
153. “A TROUBLESOME LIFE.”
154. CASES OF LABOURERS’ WIVES.
155. FORTY-SEVEN NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
156. “A LAW TO STAY IN BED TEN DAYS.”
157. “THOUGHT WE MUST PUT UP WITH IT.”
158. STRIKES, OUT-OF-WORK, SHORT TIME.
159. REST AND GOOD FOOD.
160. “EIGHT TO KEEP ON ELEVEN SHILLINGS AND THREEPENCE.”
METHOD OF INQUIRY
1. How many children have you had?
2. How soon after each other were they born?
4. Were any still-born, and if so how many?
5. Have you had any miscarriages, and if so how many?
OCCUPATIONS OF HUSBANDS
FIGURES BEARING ON INFANT MORTALITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD MEMORANDUM
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
1. Arrangements for the local supervision of Midwives.
2. Arrangements for--
3. Arrangements for--
4. Arrangements for--
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD, WHITEHALL, S.W.
SUMMARY OF THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS (EXTENSION) ACT, 1915
NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS (EXTENSION) ACT, 1915
SIR,
ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES
GOVERNMENT GRANTS.
NATIONAL SCHEME
PROPOSED BY THE WOMEN’S CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD, ENGLAND
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