MATERNITY
LETTERS FROM WORKING-WOMEN
ROUND ABOUT A POUND AWEEK. By Mrs. Pember Reeves. 2s. 6d. net.
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THE FEEDING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN. By M. E. Bulkley, of theLondon School of Economics. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.net.
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MATERNITY
LETTERS
FROM WORKING-WOMEN
COLLECTED BY
THE WOMEN’S CO-OPERATIVE GUILD
WITH A PREFACE BY
THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P.
HIS MAJESTY’S POSTMASTER-GENERAL
LATE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD
LONDON
G. BELL AND SONS, LTD.
1915
PREFACE
BY THE RIGHT HON. HERBERT SAMUEL, M.P.
These letters give an intimate picture of the difficulties,the troubles, often the miseries, sometimes the agonies,that afflict many millions of our people, as a consequenceof normal functions of their lives. An unwise reticencehas prevented the public mind from realising thatmaternity, among the poorer classes, presents a wholeseries of urgent social problems. These letters givethe facts. It is the first time, I believe, that the factshave been stated, not by medical men or social students,but by the sufferers themselves, in their own words.The Women’s Co-operative Guild, unresting in theirefforts for the improvement of