A Midwife's Tale
1998·1h 29m
8.2/ 10 (3 votes)
“Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes”
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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. Rogers
Writers
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
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Cast
Kaiulani Lee
Martha Ballard
Andrew Elvis Miller
Rev. Isaac Foster
J. Smith-Cameron
Mrs. Howard
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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Language
en
Status
Released
