A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

444 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced

Description

Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer 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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Moods

informative 100%
inspiring 38%
reflective 38%
challenging 30%
adventurous 7%
emotional 7%
funny 7%
sad 7%

Pace

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slow 41%

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