A Midwife's Tale spo-disabled Each one is carefully crafted

Each one is carefully crafted by hand out of durable sheep's wool fabric with a hard leather sole for the utmost durability

and green superfine broad cloth do

double pockets offer both function and comfort without sacrificing historical accuracy

Original stock dating from about 1796

Inspired by a still life painting from Jean Simon Chardin in 1732

A Midwife's Tale spo-disabled Each one is carefully craftedBy Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Paperback WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEDrawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in