mem_somerville reviewed A Midwife's Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Remarkable record of an ordinary woman, with special skills
5 stars
It is amazing that this material survived to come down to us. Women's papers through history have not always been treasured. Luckily, the family of midwife Martha Ballard recognized the importance of this chronicle of her life in the early American states. And then Ulrich studied it, explored the context, and gave us this excellent and rare summary view into times past from a woman's perspective.