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"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hill, Jennifer J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Birth in the big open
  • The expertise of women
  • Midwives among us
  • The practice of birth
  • Death in the West
  • Birth goes public
  • Maternity homes and motherhood
  • Conclusion: What we lost.

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