Olivia Daniels
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Vivien Dietz
My Kelley honors thesis explores how the standardization of female medical practitioners (midwives) impacted British women’s access to reproductive healthcare and pregnancy decisions. I investigate the period between the Midwives’ Act, which required midwives to be trained and certified, in 1902 and the Infant Life (Preservation) Act, which legalized abortions under certain circumstances, in 1929. My primary focus is on how these national policies impacted women (both practitioners and patients) in rural Devon (and vice versa) through rural district nursing programs.
