A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

1998 en 89 minutes

Rating: 7.8

Plot

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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Cast

Kaiulani Lee

Kaiulani Lee

Martha Ballard

Andrew Elvis Miller

Andrew Elvis Miller

Rev. Isaac Foster

J. Smith-Cameron

J. Smith-Cameron

Mrs. Howard

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Self

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