A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
by
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Susan Ericksen (Narrator)
Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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Drawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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