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A Midwife's Tale

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A Midwife's Tale

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

7.8

1h 29m

1998

“Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes”

Synopsis

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

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

docudramabirth

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Cast & Crew

Kaiulani Lee

Kaiulani Lee

as Martha Ballard

Andrew Elvis Miller

Andrew Elvis Miller

as Rev. Isaac Foster

J. Smith-Cameron

J. Smith-Cameron

as Mrs. Howard

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

as Self

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