Midwives
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Diary of Isabel Jane Thorne
Fonds — Box CLX-A-842
Identifier: Coll-1175
Scope and Contents
The diary is 43pp. long (foolscap). It is a copy of typescript with corrections. It begins with her birth and family circumstances as she grew up, and includes her life as a governess, her marriage and journey to China, the birth of her children, the Taiping Rebellion, medical training in London and studies in Edinburgh, and her return to London. The diary ends in 1886-1887 and with brief description of personal celebrations around the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Dates:
1887