We read newspaper articles about some of the first services for mothers and babies in Richmond. Penny's friends Jo Rosenberg and Vaya Pashos compare this to their own experiences of Maternal Child Health services.

Then proper oral historian, Carla Pascoe-Leahy, talks to Penny and Christina about how ideas around mothercraft have changed over the past 100 years.

This episode was recorded at the Richmond Library Makerspace. Thanks to Yarra Council for their support.

Guests
Neighbuzz podcast hosted by Vaya Pashos
Becoming a Mother: An Australian history by Carla Pascoe Leahy
The Conversation articles by Carla Pascoe Leahy


Trove
'School for Mothers in Melbourne', Geelong Advertiser, 15 September 1909
'Mothercraft: Work of the Baby Centres', The Argus, 21 January 1921

Other
Kaz Cooke's books
Robin Barker's books
Isabella Younger, The Australian Women's Register
'100 Years of maternal and child health nursing', Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, 2017