{"product_id":"9780008305383","title":"A Woman of Firsts : The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Ismail, Edna Adan, Holden, Wendy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 14\/05\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008305383,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Imprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdna Adan Ismail endured it all – for the women of Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A Woman of Firsts tells the inspirational story of a remarkable daughter, nurse and First Lady. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After all – as she puts it – she is simply a midwife.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34579636682796,"sku":"9780008305383","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008305383.jpg?v=1759660721","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9780008305383","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}