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 | The Birth Institution in Jutland 1910-1996 The long history of the Birth Institution, from its opening as a humanitarian institution in 1910 until it closed down as an independent birthplace in 1996, has now been gathered in a book rich in illustrations and stories. The Birth Institution was at the beginning a place for unmarried pregnant women and illegitimate children. Over the years it developed into a hospital for complicated births and ended up as a place for both normal and complicated births. The book tells about the children’s ward connected to the Birth Institution, about the conditions the women experienced as patients and employees, and about the changes along the way. It tells about expectations, anger, fear, joy and thankfulness. At the same time this is a book about how the culture of birth changed through the century, how the conditions for unmarried pregnant women changed radically, how births were moved from the homes to the hospitals, how production line births were replaced by individual considerations and how fathers became natural participants in the births. The Women’s Museum was allowed to thoroughly document the Birth Institution in 1995-96 right up to the closing and the move to Skejby Hospital. Every nook and cranny from top to bottom was photographed and compared to registers and architectural drawings. At the same time the women who had worked or given birth in the Birth Institution were interviewed. Edited and written by Merete Ipsen and Bodil Olesen. The book contains an English summary. Price: 75.00 kr. | |
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