Colonial midwifery: history of midwives in the US - way back
There’s a fascinating blog written by Holly Tucker, who teaches at Vanderbilt University in the Department of French & Italian and the Center for Medicine, Health, and Society. The blog is called Wonders and Marvels and it’s all about the history of medicine. It’s a wonderful read.
Today’s post is a great one written just for us at Womb Within (or so I’d like to think!): Colonial Midwifery. The post, written by Heather Whaley, also of Vanderbilt University, discusses the very first midwives headed towards the land that was to become the United States of America, as they delivered babies on board the Mayflower.
According to Holly’s bio, she is author of Pregnant Fictions: Childbirth and the Fairy Tale in Early-Modern France–and is currently writing a book on scientific rivalry and murder in 17th century Europe.
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