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Book Review of A Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her diary 1785-1812

A Midwife's Tale The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her diary 1785-1812
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Ulrich expands upon and explains the diary entries made by Maine midwife Martha Ballard between 1785 and 1812. The underlying theme is the importance of trade among and by women, in support and in counterpoint to that of men, but the whole thing just gets very tedious very quickly. Did not finish.