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Midwives and Nurses Mission

Date Formed
1873
Location Formed
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Organization Type
Ecclesiastical
Organization Area
North-america
Organization Participants in Database
80

Early in the Church, women were called and set apart to be midwives and nurses. They received training from such notable women doctors as Romania B. Pratt, Ellis R. Shipp, Margaret C. Roberts, and Martha Hughes Cannon. Women also received training from experienced midwives, Relief Society classes and the Relief Society Nursing School.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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Formed in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1873

Date Details

Occurred On 1873
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Midwife Class, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1896
Midwife Class, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1896
First Graduating Class in Obstetrics 1879
First Graduating Class in Obstetrics 1879
Ellis R. Shipp M.D. Medical Class 1884
Ellis R. Shipp M.D. Medical Class 1884
First Female Doctors in Utah
First Female Doctors in Utah
Midwives with Dr. Ellis R. Shipp about 1898
Midwives with Dr. Ellis R. Shipp about 1898

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