A woman of firsts

إسماعيل، إدنا عدنان author, Holden, Wendy, 1961- author, Cassanelli, Lee V., 1946- author

Overview

The indomitable Edna Adan Ismail survived imprisonment, persecution, and civil war to become a pioneering politician, a leading light in the World Health Organisation, and a global campaigner for women's rights. The eldest child of an overworked doctor in the British Protectorate of Somaliland, Edna was the first midwife in Somaliland, she campaigned tirelessly for better healthcare for women and fought for women on a global stage as the first female Foreign Minister of her country. But mixing with presidents and princes, she still never forgot her roots and continued to deliver children and train midwives - a role she has to this day. At 81 years old, she still runs what is hailed as the Horn of Africa's finest university hospital where she trains future generations and still delivers babies. After all - as she puts it - she is 'simply a midwife.'

• Publisher: HQ, An HarperCollins Publishers,CPI Group (UK) Ltd
• Subject: إسماعيل، إدنا عدنان / Midwives British Somaliland Biography / Women politicians British Somaliland Biography / Politicians British Somaliland Biography
• ISBN: 9780008305352, 9780008305345, 9780008305383, 0008305382, 0008305358, 000830534X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
RG 966 .S58 I86 2020	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE