A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Jacket Description/Flap: Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Review Quotes: "A major source through which we can vicariously experience the rural life of early New England." --Carl N. Degler, The New York Times Book ReviewMarc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 366-411) and index.; Presents the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife in Maine during the eighteenth century, by drawing on the detailed diary she kept for twenty-seven years of her life.; American Historical Association John H. Dunning Prize for U. S. history, 1990. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 04/26/1991 (EAN 9780679733768, Paperback)

Library Journal 03/15/1990 (EAN 9780394568447, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher Beverly Wilson Palmer is former coordinator of the Writing Program at Pomona College and a seasoned documentary editor. Among her works is the two-volume The Selected Letters of Charles Sumner, also published by Northeastern University Press. She lives in Claremont, California. Laurel THatcher Ulrich, editor of the New England Women's Diaries Series, is the James Duncan Phillips Professor of History and Director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University.