A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale (1998)

8.2 89 min Movie
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

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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