Call the Midwife

Jennifer Worth was a British nurse, midwife and author. She worked in the slums of London’s East End in the 1950s and 1960s, and wrote about her experiences in her memoirs, which were adapted into the BBC television series Call the Midwife.

Born in 1935, Jennifer Worth was raised in a middle-class home in England. After completing her training as a nurse and midwife, she worked in a variety of hospitals before being assigned to a position in the East End of London. There, she cared for mothers and babies in some of the poorest and most rundown neighborhoods in the city.

Worth’s experiences in the East End were the subject of her memoirs, which were adapted into the popular BBC television series Call the Midwife. The series, which ran for six seasons, earned critical acclaim and was a ratings success, becoming one of the most popular shows on British television.

Worth died in 2011 at the age of 75.

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The Call the Midwife series follows the nurses, midwives and nuns from Nonnatus House, who provide care to the expectant mothers of the East End of London in the 1950s. The series focuses on the nurses’ personal lives and the challenges they face in their work, as they deal with everything from poverty and illness to births and deaths.

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