Date: October 27, 2008
Time: 12:15 PM
Speaker: Renate Lunde, PhD, Candidate
Department of Archeology, History, Cultural- and Religious Studies,University of Bergen, Norway
Title: British Missionary Nurses Meet Egyptian Mothers: Daily Work and Encounters in the Slums of Cairo, 1900-1950
Abstract: British nurses in the Church Missionary Society’s (CMS) Medical Mission in Egypt came in close contact with very poor people and communities in the urban slums and villages surrounding Cairo. The high infant mortality and maternity issues brought them particularly close to mothers and children, and at the CMS Women’s hospital, the Infant Welfare Centre, and through their visiting in the homes, the nurses not only encountered poor women and children, customs and popular beliefs, poverty and philanthropy, but also their own prejudices and religious and medical practices that challenged and changed their daily work
Time: 12:15PM
Place: Room 2019, 2U
School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
The Bates Center Seminar Series features scholarly papers and presentations on the history of nursing and health care and welcomes all interested individuals.
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