A MIDWIFE`S TALE, The Life of Martha Ballard by Laurel Thatcher
by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. Softbound, 444 pages, 5-1/4" x 8". Between 1785 and 1812, Martha Ballard, a midwife and healer, kept a diary that recorded her arduous work as well as her domestic lifein Hallowell, Maine. An intimate portrait, not only of the industrious and reticent Martha Ballard but of society, a portrait that sheds light on its medical practices, religious squabbles and sexual mores.
