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A Midwife's Tale
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A Midwife's Tale

Jan 19, 1998
1h 29m
★ 7.8

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary
History
TV Movie

Production Companies

Blueberry Hill Films
GBH

Cast

Kaiulani Lee

Martha Ballard

Kaiulani Lee

Andrew Elvis Miller

Rev. Isaac Foster

Andrew Elvis Miller

J. Smith-Cameron

Mrs. Howard

J. Smith-Cameron

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Self

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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