Jennifer Worth
Jennifer Louise Worth RN RM (née Lee; 25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British memoirist. She wrote a best-selling trilogy about her work as a nurse and midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: Call the Midwife (2002), Shadows of the Workhouse (2005) and Farewell to The East End (2009). A television series, Call the Midwife, based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One on 15 January 2012. After leaving nursing, she re-trained as a musician.
Jennifer Worth RN RM | |
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Worth as a nurse in the 1950s | |
| Born | Jennifer Samantha Louise Lee 25 September 1935 |
| Died | 31 May 2011 (aged 75) England |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, musician, author |
| Spouse |
Philip Worth (m. 1963) |
| Children | Suzannah Hart, Juliette Walton |
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