A Midwife's Tale
A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale

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1998
1h 29m
7.8(2 votes)
Documentary
History
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Overview

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.

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4 members
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Kaiulani Lee

Martha Ballard

Kaiulani Lee
Acting

Andrew Elvis Miller

Rev. Isaac Foster

Andrew Elvis Miller
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J. Smith-Cameron

Mrs. Howard

J. Smith-Cameron
Writing

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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