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A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale

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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.

Date: 01/19/1998
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Kaiulani Lee, Andrew Elvis Miller, J. Smith-Cameron, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Kaiulani Lee as Martha Ballard in A Midwife's Tale Kaiulani Lee

Andrew Elvis Miller as Rev. Isaac Foster in A Midwife's Tale Andrew Elvis Miller

J. Smith-Cameron as Mrs. Howard in A Midwife's Tale J. Smith-Cameron

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

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