Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Papers relating to midwifery and homebirth
Primary Maker
Date
Circa 1975-1992
Physical Description
Level of Current Record
Parent
Related Object Notes
MS-95-20
Provenance Details
Provenance: Joan Donley
Public Access Text
New Zealand Home Birth Association. Auckland Branch. Newsletter
New Zealand Home Birth Association. National newsletter
New Zealand College of Midwives Journal
Save the Midwives
Further papers at MS-1995-20. Reference number changed from MS-93 to MS-1993
Subject Notes
Joan Donley was born in Saskatchewan, Canada in 1915. She started practicing as a domiciliary midwife in 1974 and founded the NZ Home Birth Association in 1978, the Domiciliary Midwives Society in 1981 and the NZ College of Midwives in 1988. She was awarded the OBE for services to middwifery in 1989
Last Update
18 Jul 2023
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