A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edna Adan Ismail (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world is an audiobook by Edna Adan Ismail: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edna Adan Ismail, released August 8, 2019, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edna Adan Ismail
- Released
- August 8, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Medicine & Naturopathy, Women, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780008305376
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world as an audiobook?
A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world?
A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world is narrated by Edna Adan Ismail.
Is A Woman of Firsts: The midwife who built a hospital and changed the world worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.