Renate Lunde, University of Bergen, Norway
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Time: 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Place: 2U Conference Room, Clair Fagin Hall, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
* Please note that this day and time is a departure from the usual schedule.
British nurses in the Church Missionary Society’s (CMS) Medical Mission in Egypt came in close contact with very poor people and communities in the urban slums and villages surrounding Cairo. The high infant mortality and maternity issues brought them particularly close to mothers and children, and at the CMS Women’s hospital, the Infant Welfare Centre, and through their visiting in the homes, the nurses not only encountered poor women and children, customs and popular beliefs, poverty and philanthropy, but also their own prejudices and religious and medical practices that challenged and changed their daily work.
Renate Lunde is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Archeology, History, Cultural and Religious Studies, University of Bergen, Norway.