Full name: A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812

Author: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Year: 1990 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Award winners, History, Non Fiction, Biographies, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780679733768 0679733760

Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Similar books: Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts Ladies of Liberty by Cokie Roberts Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Phillip Hoose Georgiana by Amanda Foreman The Family Romanov by Candace Fleming Good Wives by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich America's Women by Gail Collins Remember the ladies by Cheryl Harness Brave Companions by David McCullough Book of Ages by Jill Lepore Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie Queen of Scots by John Guy Zeitoun by Dave Eggers There Are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz Rise to Greatness by David Von Drehle With Malice Toward None by Stephen B. Oates One Shot at Forever by Chris Ballard Contested Will by James Shapiro The Men Who Lost America by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy The Killing of Crazy Horse by Thomas Powers