[Proceedings of the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly, 3rd Session, 1952, pp. ]
Discussion on the Travancore-Cochin Nurses and Midwives Bill 1952 Continue reading “Training Midwives: K R Gouri Amma”
The first generation Malayali feminists. Yes. They were real.
[Proceedings of the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly, 3rd Session, 1952, pp. ]
Discussion on the Travancore-Cochin Nurses and Midwives Bill 1952 Continue reading “Training Midwives: K R Gouri Amma”
There is the general view that the expansion of the nursing sector in Kerala is among the progressive results of the great social churning in Malayali society in the early 20th century. The Brahmin-centric value system that prevailed in the 19th century Malayali order of caste viewed touch with suspicion and stigmatized all labour involving touch-based care-giving as inferior. Continue reading “Nursing in Modern Kerala: J Devika”