Birth and Maternity in the Stroud District - Before the 1980s

The Women’s Art Activation System (WAAS) are hosting a workshop supported by Stroud Local History Society.

“At the event we will show some pieces from the Museum collections, to start conversation, and we will offer you materials and prompts for writing, doodling, collage and other ways to express yourself.

The workshop is open to all who have a story from the 1980s or before.

Participants may have given birth themselves, have witnessed birthing practices, you could be a midwife or former midwife, mother, parent, healthcare professional, you could be an adoptive mother, you might have connections to one of the orphanages in Stroud, you might have been born in Stroud and moved elsewhere, you may have a story about the maternity unit or home birthing. We are gender-inclusive – trans, queer and non-binary and all non-conforming histories are most welcome.”

For more information and to get in contact with WAAS please follow the link: The Baby Makers: Making History 2024 – The Women's Art Activation System (thewaas.org)