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In this programme women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their experiences and expectations of childbirth and contraception in the first half of this century large families were the norm,... motherhood was an inevitable part of marriage and childbirth was an event that took place in the home. This programme traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception and highlights how women's choices had altered by 1950.
In this programme women from Richmond, North Yorkshire, talk about their experiences and expectations of childbirth and contraception in the first half of this century large families were the norm,... motherhood was an inevitable part of marriage and childbirth was an event that took place in the home. This programme traces the impact of science and technology on childbirth and contraception and highlights how women's choices had altered by 1950.
| Module code and title: | A282, "Science, technology and everyday life 1870-1950" |
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| Item code: | A282; 08 |
| First transmission date: | 1989 |
| Published: | 1989 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:32 |
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| Producer: | Betty Talks |
| Contributors: | Josephine Barnes; Muriel Cornock; Irvine Loudon; Jack Suchet |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Childbirth; Contraception; Marie Stopes; Richmond, Yorkshire |
| Subject terms: | Birth control; Childbirth; Contraception |
| Master spool number: | HOU5913 |
| Production number: | FOUA263P |
| Videofinder number: | 3130 |
| Available to public: | no |
