Winifred May de Kok
Winifred May de Kok, M.D. (17 May 1893 – 1969) was a South Africa born writer and doctor.
She was born in Bethlehem in the Orange Free State on 17 May 1893 and attended medical school in England during the 1920s. In 1932 she married the British short story writer Alfred Edgar Coppard; they had two children. She practised medicine until 1953. In that year she became a television broadcaster, for a show that discussed family life and family health. The show was broadcast by the BBC as Tell Me, Doctor.[1][2] A forthright spokeswoman for women's and neonates' health before the era of family planning, she published several books and articles on parenting and family health. She died in 1969.
Selected works
[edit]- New Babes for Old (1932)
- First Baby (1947)
- You and Your Child (1955)
- Your Baby and You (1957)
References
[edit]- ^ "Winifred May de Kok (1893-1969) and her children". Smithsonian Institution. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ "Winifred May de Kok". British Medical Journal. 3: 658–661. 13 September 1969. doi:10.1136/bmj.3.5671.658. S2CID 220203010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
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