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A Midwife's Tale
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Kaiulani Lee
Martha Ballard
Andrew Elvis Miller
Rev. Isaac Foster
J. Smith-Cameron
Mrs. Howard
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To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Release Date
1998-01-19
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7.8
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3.9 startsTagline
Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes
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