A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World by Edna Adan Ismail, Wendy Holden

A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World

Edna Adan Ismail, Wendy Holden

492 pages first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
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Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating effects on Somaliland’s people, especially its women. When she suffered the trauma of FGM herself as a young girl at the bidding of her mother, Ed...

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