My great grandmother had a huge photo album stuffed full of nothing but articles about them and advertisements done by them. It’s still around here somewhere. It’s a very sad story, though.
Allan Defoe was a great self promoting prick.. In fact he arrived on the scene only after the first two babies had been delivered by two experienced midwives. Who had names, Mme. Legros and Mme. Lebel. Their names and history were buried, of course. The first funding structure for midwives in Ontario was named after Mme. Lebel as a means of acknowledging the importance of the midwives in the story of the quints.
My great grandmother had a huge photo album stuffed full of nothing but articles about them and advertisements done by them. It’s still around here somewhere. It’s a very sad story, though.
Allan Defoe was a great self promoting prick.. In fact he arrived on the scene only after the first two babies had been delivered by two experienced midwives. Who had names, Mme. Legros and Mme. Lebel. Their names and history were buried, of course. The first funding structure for midwives in Ontario was named after Mme. Lebel as a means of acknowledging the importance of the midwives in the story of the quints.
Omg I grew up in that time and never knew. Of course my childhood was a mess so it doesn’t surprise. 😢
Humans are awful and should be avoided at all costs. Dogs are a superior substitute.
Just in case anyone forgot Canada has a few skeletons in the historical cabinet too.
Seriously! Who knew?!? Comforting (?!?) to know its not just the US with a history (past, present, and unfortunately future) of criminal awfulness.
You could make a pretty good case this entire hemisphere got a raw deal.
Truth! (And sorrow…)
But on the bright side it provided the punchline for Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, there’s that