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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard P. Rogers
- Producer : Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
- Writer : Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
- Cast : Kaiulani Lee,Andrew Elvis Miller,J. Smith-Cameron,Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Cast
Martha Ballard
Rev. Isaac Foster
Mrs. Howard
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Facts
Original TitleA Midwife's Tale
Status Released
Release Information
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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
