For the women of Scots Bay, Novia Scotia, the village midwife was a fellow traveller and companion in their unrelentingly hard lives. Apprenticed to the midwife, Dora Rare enters her vocation in the tumultuous World War 1 era as the medical profession turns its sights on revolutionising childbirth. Caught between traditional practices and medical science, Dora champions the rights of the women in her care.
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