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A Midwife's Tale

78% | Jan 19, 1998 | Documentary, History, TV Movie

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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Rowena Rowlings
Set Decoration
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Writer

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Kaiulani Lee
Martha Ballard
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Andrew Elvis Miller
Rev. Isaac Foster
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J. Smith-Cameron
Mrs. Howard

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