A Midwife's Tale

Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes

A Midwife's Tale — Plot

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.

• Release date
• January 19, 1998
• Runtime
• 89 min
• Genres
• Documentary, History, TV Movie
• Director
• Richard P. Rogers

A Midwife's Tale — Cast

Kaiulani Lee Martha Ballard Andrew Elvis Miller Rev. Isaac Foster J. Smith-Cameron Mrs. Howard

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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Self