Table of Contents:
  • ACNM and MANA : divergent histories and convergent trends / Robbie Davis-Floyd
  • Idealism and pragmatism in the creation of the certified midwife : the development of midwifery in New York and the New York Midwifery Practice Act of 1992 / Maureen May and Robbie Davis-Floyd
  • Qualified commodification: the creation of the certified professional midwife / Robbie Davis-Floyd
  • "The governor's full support" : legalizing direct-entry midwifery in Florida / Melissa Denmark
  • Minnesota direct-entry midwives : achieving legislative success through focusing on families, safety, and women's rights / Mary M. Lay and Kerry Dixon
  • Risks, costs, and effects of homebirth midwifery legislation in Colorado / Susan Erikson with Amy Colo.
  • "Every breath is political, every woman's life a statement" : cross-class organizing for midwifery in Virginia / Christa Craven
  • "I'm living my politics" : legalizing and licensing direct-entry midwives in Iowa / Carolyn A. Hough
  • Creating a way out of no way : midwifery in Massachusetts / Christine Barbara Johnson
  • From calling to career: keeping the social movement in the professional project / Betty-Anne Daviss
  • Renegade midwives : assets or liabilities? / Robbie Davis-Floyd and Christine Barbara Johnson
  • Home to hospital transport : fractured articulation or magical mandorlas? / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd
  • Why midwives matter : overcoming barriers to caretake the power of birth / Christine Barbara Johnson and Robbie Davis-Floyd.