Midwifery Matters Summer 2026 Issue 189
50th Anniversary Edition
Contents
Features
Association of Radical Midwives: Beginnings
Marianne Scruggs and Judy Pruss Rogers
Books and Midwives
Deborah Hughes
Memories of Jane Evans
Lynn R S Genevieve
arm matters
Campaign update
ARM 50th Anniversary Conference
Dear Amos,
ARM Voices
Updates on our political engagement
Our Book Club
Reviews
The Silkhampton Trilogy
by Patricia Ferguson – Reviewed by Deborah Hughes
The Maiden’s Tale: Ron (Tales of B-Earth 1)
by Lynn R S Genevieve – Reviewed by Deborah Hughes
discussion
Commentary on ARM, Midwifery, and
Changing Times
Jane Grant and Soo Downe
The Rules of the Game
Mavis Kirkham
WHO ARE THEY? An occasional column about those influencing UK maternity care and the relationships between them
The Undercover Midwife
Clinical
The Art of Midwifery…The Heart of Midwifery
Judy Rogers RM, M.A
Creative
Celebrating 50 Years of the Association of Radical Midwives (1976 – 2026)
Jane Tucker
Did you hear the call?
Amy Williams
experience
The Midwife I Nearly Was
Susie Daniel
A Personal Reflection on The Early Days of The Association of Radical Midwives
Nicky Leap