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Listen to me good : the life story of an Alabama midwife / Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes.
- Title
- Listen to me good : the life story of an Alabama midwife / Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes.
- Author
- Smith, Margaret Charles, 1906-2004.
- Publication
- Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | RG962.E98 S65 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Holmes, Linda Janet, 1949-
- Description
- xvii, 178 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Believed to be the oldest living (though retired) traditional African American midwife in Alabama, Smith is one of the few who can recount old-time birthing ways.
- Margaret Charles Smith, a ninety-one-year-old Alabama midwife, has thousands of birthing stories to tell. Sifting through nearly five decades of providing care for women in rural Greene County, she relates the tales that capture the life-and-death struggle of the birthing experience and the traditions, pharmacopeia, and spiritual attitudes that influenced her practice.
- Series Statement
- Women and health series
- Uniform Title
- Women & health (Columbus, Ohio)
- Subject
- Note
- "A Helen Hooven Santmyer Prize winner"
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-170) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Going to Greene County -- 1. Growing Up -- 2. Pregnancy -- 3. Official Midwife -- 4. Birth Practices -- 5. Civil Rights -- 6. Last Days.
- ISBN
- 0814207006 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0814207014 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 96015037
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries