Did That Really Happen?4 Aug 2025

Joy

This week we're traveling back to 1970s Britain with Joy! Join us as we learn about the real people who invented IVF, including Patrick Steptoe, Jean Purdy, and Matron Muriel, as well as how papers like the Daily Mirror covered the whole thing.

Sources
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/10/screenwriter-jack-thorne-ivf-joy-film-netflix
https://deadline.com/2024/10/joy-movie-thomasin-mckenzie-shines-as-test-tube-baby-pioneer-in-joy-1236115393/
https://time.com/7178799/joy-true-story-jean-purdy-netflix/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_(2024_film)

Litynski GS. Patrick C. Steptoe: laparoscopy, sterilization, the test-tube baby, and mass media. JSLS. 1998 Jan-Mar;2(1):99-101. PMID: 9876723; PMCID: PMC3015256.
Edwards Robert Geoffrey 1996Patrick Christopher Steptoe, C. B. E., 9 June 1913 - 22 March 1988Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc.42433–452

Daily Mirror articles from 21 January 1960 to 14 December 1979, accessed through the British Newspaper Archive

Bourn Hall Fertility Clinic: https://www.bournhall.co.uk/fertilityblog/international-nurses-day-12-may-recognising-the-dedication-of-fertility-nurses/
John Webster, "Muriel Harris: Nursing IVF to Success," Science Museum Blog, available at https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/muriel-harris-nursing-ivf-to-success/

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7101718324
Web of Science
Josh Halliday, "Female nurse who played crucial role in IVF ignored on plaque," The Guardian (2019), https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jun/10/jean-purdy-female-nurse-who-played-crucial-role-in-ivf-ignored-on-plaque
Johnson, Martin H. "Edwards, Sir Robert Geoffrey (Bob) (1925–2013), physiologist." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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