Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth

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"Shadows of the Workhouse" is Jennifer Worth’s memoir that continues her recollections of midwifery and social conditions in London’s East End, focusing on the harsh legacy of the workhouse system.

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instanceOf book
adaptedAs television episodes of Call the Midwife
author Jennifer Worth NERFINISHED
basedOn Jennifer Worth’s experiences as a midwife
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts conditions in British workhouses
former workhouse children
post-war British welfare state transition
followedBy Farewell to the East End NERFINISHED
follows Call the Midwife NERFINISHED
genre medical memoir
non-fiction
hasFormat audiobook
ebook
print
hasProtagonist Jennifer Worth NERFINISHED
hasSubject history of medicine in Britain
nursing
social history of 20th-century London
language English
literaryForm narrative non-fiction
literaryTheme class and inequality
compassion in healthcare
impact of the Poor Laws
legacy of institutionalization
mainSubject elderly former workhouse inmates
midwifery
poverty
social conditions in London’s East End
workhouse system in Britain
narrativePerspective first-person
originalPublisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson NERFINISHED
partOf Call the Midwife book series NERFINISHED
publicationDecade 2000s
publisher Phoenix NERFINISHED
series Call the Midwife trilogy NERFINISHED
settingLocation East End of London NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriod 1950s

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Call the Midwife basedOn Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
Call the Midwife basedOn Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
this entity surface form: Farewell to the East End by Jennifer Worth