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

"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.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.