A pedant writes:
That would be
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935 (rather than Gilmour)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perkins_Gilman
Her edited diaries might also be of interest
http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b2021037
Yellow wall-paper is available e.g. from Oxford University Press
http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1872926
See also her "Concerning children" (1901)
http://lib.leeds.ac.uk/record=b1442896
Her poem "Eohippus" is fun.
<http://womenshistory.about.com/library/etext/poem1/blp_gilman_similar.h
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Adrian Smith
Headingley
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Also...The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilmour Perkins gives an
extraordinary description of postnatal mental illness
Billie Hunter
Professor of Midwifery
Institute for Health Research
School of Health Science
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Swansea University
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There is a scholarly book by Tess Coslett. Women writing childbirth:
Modern discourses of motherhood. New York: Manchester UP, 1994 which
might be of interest.
Clinical Education Centre
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust Newcastle Road
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Sunderland, Judith wrote:
> No I didn't write it, but will certainly seek it out. Thanks !
>
> Judith Sunderland
> Midwifery Lecturer
> 020 7040 5490
> 20 Bartholomew Close
> EC1A 7QN
>
>
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> Downe
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>
> Fab idea Judith - indeed, Im sure Ive seen a really fascinating
academic
> paper about the use of novels in midwifery teaching recently - does
> anyone know the ref off hand? Or did you write it Judith?
>
> I like the suggested books - Holly Kennedy has also done an analysis
of
> childbirth issues in the video of Gone with the Wind, so maybe the
novel
> could be another one to add to the list?
> all the best
>
> Soo
>
>>>> "Sunderland, Judith" <[log in to unmask]> 02/13/08 11:44 am
>>>
> A change of subject, but one triggered by Soo's mention of 'The Memory
> Keeper's Daughter'. I too was about to highlight this novel an example
> of 'something' used to render the woman unconscious during the birth
of
> her twins.
>
>
>
> I am interested in the use of novels as part of the reading list for
> midwifery students. I frequently recommend novels that I think
> illustrate particular concepts or ideas for students. I usually
suggest
> they read these novels when they have time after they have finished
> their course, however I' m beginning to think about including some of
> these on the reading lists that students are given. Going some way
> maybe to saying it's ok to be reading material other than text books.
> What do other people think and what books would you suggest?
>
>
>
> My most often suggested are, Vera Drake, The Red Tent, Small Island
and
> maybe now The Memory Keepers Daughter.
>
>
>
> Judith Sunderland
>
> Midwifery Lecturer
>
> 020 7040 5490
>
> 20 Bartholomew Close
>
> EC1A 7QN
>
>
>
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