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BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)

BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)

1735 – 1812

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1990 CE

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A midwife's tale. The life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary 1785-1812.

ULRICH, Laurel Thatcher (1938 – )
ULRICH, Laurel Thatcher (1938 – )
BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)
BALLARD, Martha Moore (1735 – 1812)

Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in Hallowell, Maine.