Birthing the West : mothers and midwives in the Rockies and Plains / Jennifer J. Hill.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]Description: xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781496226853
- 1496226852
- Childbirth -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Pregnancy -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Pregnant women -- Health and hygiene -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Motherhood -- West (U.S.) -- History
- Midwives -- West (U.S.) -- History
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
- Childbirth
- Midwives
- Motherhood
- Pregnancy
- Pregnant women -- Health and hygiene
- West United States
- 618.2 23/eng/20211028
- RG652
- HIS036090 | SOC028000
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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.
"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"--
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