Jane Sharp

Not to be confused with Jayne Sharp.

Jane Sharp (fl. 1641–1671) was an English midwife. Her work The Midwives Book: or the Whole Art of Midwifery Discovered, published in 1671, was the first on the subject to be produced by an Englishwoman.

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