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A Midwife's Tale

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.

RATING

7.80

DIRECTOR

Richard P. Rogers

COUNTRIE

United States of America

RELEASE DATE

1998

TIME

1h 29m

GENRES

Documentary