A Midwife's Tale
“Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes”
7.8(2 votes)
January 19, 1998
1h 29m
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.
Director
Richard P. RogersWriters
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
