Download or read book Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950 written by Wendy Mitchinson and published by Studies in Gender and History. This book was released on 2002 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating account of childbirth rituals in the first half of the twentieth century from the initial diagnosis of pregnancy, though childbirth - who was present, and where it took place - to the definition of what constituted a normal birth.