Jennifer Worth's memoirs (Call the Midwife series) discusses the lives of women in the slums during the Baby Boom, but Jennifer takes the time to discuss historical events that relate to women.
Before her books, I was completely unaware the English government past a law that allowed women and girls over the age of 13 to be taken by police on suspicion of carrying venereal diseases. Jennifer tells us the story of one 13-year-old girl who was taken, and Jenny describes in uncomfortable detail how the police would put pliers to the cervix and pull on it 😱
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Jennifer Worth's memoirs (Call the Midwife series) discusses the lives of women in the slums during the Baby Boom, but Jennifer takes the time to discuss historical events that relate to women.
Before her books, I was completely unaware the English government past a law that allowed women and girls over the age of 13 to be taken by police on suspicion of carrying venereal diseases. Jennifer tells us the story of one 13-year-old girl who was taken, and Jenny describes in uncomfortable detail how the police would put pliers to the cervix and pull on it 😱