Movie Description

A Midwife's Tale

(1998)

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.

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Original TitleA Midwife's Tale

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1998-01-19

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 29m

Homepagehttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/midwife/

Production CompaniesBlueberry Hill Films,GBH

Genres

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie