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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

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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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