A Midwife's Tale

The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

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Hardcover, 444 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 1990 by Alfred A. Knopf.

ISBN:
978-0-394-56844-7
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OCLC Number:
519889524
ASIN:
0394568443
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1097881

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Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.

3 editions

Subjects

  • Ballard, Martha, -- 1735-1812.
  • Midwives -- Maine -- Hallowell -- Biography.
  • Midwives -- Maine -- Augusta -- Biography.
  • Hallowell (Me.) -- Biography.
  • Augusta (Me.) -- Biography.
  • Kennebec River Valley (Me.) -- Social life andcustoms.

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