A Midwife's Tale (1998)
Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes
8.2(3)1h 29mJanuary 19, 1998
Richard P. Rogers
Director
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Writer
Rate
Diary
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.
