Description: Documentary, including archive footage, illustrating what it was like being a mother in the past. No reference to Brent in particular. The revelation that by educating mothers the infant mortality rate would be reduced. Commentary on how the role of a mother has changed over time. Interview with one of the attendees of St Pancras School for Mothers. Interviews about the use of nannies. Features the evacuation scheme at the outbreak of war and the propaganda aimed at mothers. The birth of day nurseries in war-time Britain.