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Title A woman of firsts : the midwife who built a hospital and changed the world / Edna Adan Ismail with Wendy Holden ; with assistance from Lee Cassanelli
Imprint London : HQ, HarperCollins Publishers, 2019

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 3 Teknik och medicin  618 Ismail engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits 24 cm
Note An incredible true story SIMPLY A MIDWIFE is the inspirational story of a remarkable daughter, nurse and First Lady. The indomitable Edna Adan Ismail survived imprisonment, persecution, and civil war to become a pioneering politician, a leading light in the World Health Organisation, and a global campaigner for women's rights. The eldest child of an overworked doctor in the British Protectorate of Somaliland, Edna was the first midwife in Somaliland, she campaigned tirelessly for better healthcare for women and fought for women on a global stage as First Minister of her country. But mixing with presidents and princes, she still never forgot her roots and continued to deliver children and train midwives - a role she has to this day. At 82 years old, she still runs what is hailed as the Horn of Africa's finest university hospital where she trains future generations and still delivers babies. After all - as she puts it - she is 'simply a midwife.'
Subject Ismail, Edna Adan
Barnmorskor
Politik
Kvinnliga politiker
Midwives -- British Somaliland -- Biography
Women politicians -- British Somaliland -- Biography
Politicians -- British Somaliland -- Biography
Maternal Health Services
Politics
Midwives.
Politicians.
Women politicians.
Somalia -- British Somaliland.
Självbiografier
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Classmark 618.20092
Alt Auth Holden, Wendy, 1961-
ISBN/ISSN 9780008305345 (hardcover)
000830534X (hardcover)
9780008305352 (paperback)
9780008305369
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