Justine Siegemund

Justine Siegemund wrote The Court Midwife and as a result became the first woman to publish a seminal medical text in German.

Siegemund wrote The Court Midwife with lots of compassion towards women, which was unusual in comparison to other texts available at the time which were written by men. She was then later made the Court Midwife of Berlin in 1701. Following the release of her book The Court Midwife, she became the first woman to publish a seminal medical text in German.

Tuesday's Google Doodle recognized 17th century midwife Justine Siegemund who penned "The Court Midwife," the first obstetrics book written from a woman's ...

One of the "Os" in the Google artwork features a fetus in a womb with a pair of hands reaching in towards the baby's head, while the second "O" in the word is replaced with a cartoon portrait of Siegemund writing with a quill. The second "G" in Google depicts a smiling woman cradling a newborn baby.

The Google Doodle is honouring Justine Siegemund, the pioneering midwife who challenged patriarchal attitudes in the 17th century and is visible today in ...

[Court Midwife of Berlin](/topic/court-midwife-of-berlin)in 1701. [Rohnstock](/topic/rohnstock), now called Roztoka, Lower Silesia, Justine Siegemund was motivated to become a midwife after being mistreated by midwives who wrongly diagnosed her with pregnancy instead of a prolapsed uterus at age 20. [Justine Siegemund](/topic/justine-siegemund), a revolutionary German midwife who defied gender norms in the 17th century, is being honoured today with a Google Doodle.

Who Was Justine Siegemund, The 17th-Century German Midwife Whose Medical Text Revolutionized Obstetrics? By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Cara Johnson.

When she died in 1705 at the age of 68, a deacon at her funeral in Berlin made a stunning observation. Or, learn about the [Blonsky Device](https://allthatsinteresting.com/blonsky-device), which was created to “fling” babies out of women during childbirth. She wrote The Court Midwife in 1690 to share her knowledge with others. And it didn’t take long for the The Court Midwife, first published in German, to be translated into other languages. She initially worked only with poor women, but she quickly made a name for herself, and she was soon called to work with women from noble families as well. Rather, she was motivated to learn more about women’s bodies as a result of her own health struggles.