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Birthing the west : mothers and midwives in the Rockies and Plains /

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"Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains shows how women and mothers constructed citizens, and how public health entities usurped that role, with varied long-term impacts on women, men, families, community, and American identity"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hill, Jennifer J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Midwives > West (U.S.) > History.
Motherhood > West (U.S.) > History.
Pregnant women > Health and hygiene > West (U.S.) > History.
Pregnancy > West (U.S.) > History.
Childbirth > West (U.S.) > History.
Midwifery > history.
Pregnant Women.
Pregnancy.
Parturition.
Northwestern United States.
Midwestern United States.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Birth in the big open
  • The expertise of women
  • Midwives among us
  • The practice of birth
  • Death in the West
  • Birth goes public
  • Maternity homes and motherhood
  • Conclusion: What we lost.