Birthing the west : mothers and midwives in the Rockies and Plains /

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"Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains shows how women and mothers constructed citizens, and how public health entities usurped that role, with varied long-term impacts on women, men, families, community, and American identity"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Jennifer J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Midwives > West (U.S.) > History.
Motherhood > West (U.S.) > History.
Pregnant women > Health and hygiene > West (U.S.) > History.
Pregnancy > West (U.S.) > History.
Childbirth > West (U.S.) > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Pregnant women > Health and hygiene.
Pregnancy.
Motherhood.
Midwives.
Childbirth.
West United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains shows how women and mothers constructed citizens, and how public health entities usurped that role, with varied long-term impacts on women, men, families, community, and American identity"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographcal references and index.
ISBN:9781496231086
1496231082

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