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BALLARD, Martha Moore

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A midwife's tale. The life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary 1785-1812.

New York: Random House, 1990.

Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine.



Subjects: COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › United States , OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › History of Obstetrics, OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY › OBSTETRICS › Midwives, U.S.: CONTENT OF PUBLICATIONS BY STATE & TERRITORY › Maine