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Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Age of Victoria
Under the direction of Lisa Surridge and with the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, a group of scholars have created the peer-reviewed “Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Age of Victoria,” which can be found at
Thus far the project consists of the following, with more to come:
- “Pregnancy Testing,” by Isabel Davis
- “Pregnancy and Venereal Disease,” by Anne Hanley
- “Birth Control,” by Lesley Hall
- “Abortion,” by Lesley Hall
- “Breastfeeding, Wet Nursing, and Feeding ‘by Hand,'” by Jessica Cox
- “Sexual Knowledge in Print Culture,” by Sarah Bull
- “‘Advice to a Young Wife’: Medical Advice Manuals in the Nineteenth Century,” by Anna Niiranen
- “Victorian Childbirth,” by Hilary Marland
- “Anatomical Models of Pregnancy,” by Corinna Wagner
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