Kitzinger, Sheila (1929–)
Kitzinger, Sheila (1929–)
British pregnancy and childbirth expert. Born Sheila Helena Elizabeth Webster in Somerset, England, 1929; St. Hugh's College, B.Litt. in social anthropology; m. Uwe Kitzinger (economist), 1952; children: 5 daughters.
Appointed to advisory board of National Childbirth Trust (1958); lectured throughout world and produced a number of books, beginning with The Experience of Childbirth (1962), and including Education and Counselling for Childbirth (1977), Women as Mothers (1978), Giving Birth (1979), Pregnancy and Childbirth (1980), The Year After Childbirth (1992) and Ourselves as Mother; also serves on Board of Consultants of International Childbirth Education Association of US.
See also Women in World History.
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