Description

A series of manuals, books, journal and newspaper articles, photographs, prints, and lectures on the history and practices of midwives and women physicians, between roughly 1700 and 1865. This collection was generated for the class, US Women's History to 1865, created and taught by Susan Pearson, and was made possible by the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies at Northwestern University.

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Time Span

1500 to 1930
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Top Subjects

Midwives Midwife prefaces Newspapers Female physician Black midwives

Locations

New york city London Los angeles, california Philadelphia, pennsylvania New orleans, louisiana

Objects

8 Images
30 PDFs
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