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A Midwife's Tale

★ 8.2/10 · 3 votes 1998 1h 29m Released

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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.

Cast

Kaiulani Lee Martha Ballard Andrew Elvis Miller Rev. Isaac Foster J. Smith-Cameron Mrs. Howard L Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Self