midwife

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Without a doubt, Goddard was the father of 20th-century rocketry, but Charles Lindbergh was the midwife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

She came to visit him on his last day as a full-time midwife and reminisced about the care he provided Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry,

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The former midwife was formally installed in the historic ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral in southeast England in front of around 2,000 people including heir to the throne Prince William and his wife Catherine.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

It urged Sir Keir to appoint senior midwife Donna Ockenden to chair the Leeds NHS Trust investigation.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

And off the midwife ran, up to the manor where warm fires blazed and the laboring mother was soothed with wine and syrups and kind words.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman