Portland Press Herald: Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case
Plucky 18th-century midwife Martha Ballard is entangled in a brutal rape case
Martha Ballard was a real midwife in the late 1700s who delivered more than 1,000 babies without ever losing a mother. Ballard kept a diary of her life and the town secrets she learned thanks to her ...
Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. When Martha Ballard -- a midwife and healer -- started her diary in 1785, it is unlikely that she understood the significance of this seemingly mundane ...
Written over 25 years, Martha Moore Ballard’s diary gives us a unique perspective into the midwifery profession, and the lives of women in the newly independent United States of America. Untold is a ...
insider.si.edu: A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812 / Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
When Martha Ballard began her diary in 1785, the Revolutionary War had been over for just a year. The states, still a confederation and almost entirely agrarian, had a total population of under 4 ...
Cover title: Martha Ballard, her diary. NMAH copy 39088009216250 has bookplate : Gift of Camilla Clough. siris_sil_397788 ...
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