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- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
- 1990
Jan 1, 1990 · November 14, 2019. This pathbreaking, Pulitzer-prize-winning book is a study of the life, labor, and social connections of a rural midwife, Martha Ballard, based on her manuscript diary in the Maine State Library. A MIDWIFE'S TALE changed the way historians researched and wrote women's history.
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After eight years of research, Ulrich produced A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785–1812. Each chapter in A Midwife's Tale represents one aspect of the life of a woman in the late 18th century. The overriding theme is the nature of women's work in the context and community. Ulrich stated that:
Jan 19, 1998 · Aired January 19, 1998. A Midwife's Tale. Eighteenth-century America through a woman’s eyes. Film Description. To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author...
Jun 4, 1991 · 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. On the basis of that diary, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich gives us an intimate and densely imagined portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha ...
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About A Midwife’s Tale. PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, ”A truly talented historian unravels the fascinating life of a community that is so foreign, and yet so similar to our own” (The New York Times Book Review). Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard ...
Dec 27, 2021 · A Midwife’s Tale comes from 11 months of diary entries from the years of 1785-1812. Ulrich expertly deconstructs, explains, and makes connections with other historical records. She weaves a rich narrative depicting life in the early years of rural Maine.
