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A midwife's tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Susan Ericksen · Booklabria

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A midwife's tale

BiographySocial life and customs

A midwife's tale

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First published: 1990
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

Presents the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife in Maine during the eighteenth century, by drawing on the detailed diary she kept for twenty-seven years of her life.

Subjects: Biography
Social life and customs
Biographies
Women, united states, biography
Women, biography
Moeurs et coutumes
Set in: Maine
Augusta
Kennebec River Valley
Characters: Martha Ballard

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