Nothing to Work With but Cleanliness: The Training of African American Traditional Midwives in the South.

• Autores: Sheena M. Morrison, Elizabeth Fee
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 100, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 238-239
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses the history of midwifery in the U.S. Although midwives had been mostly displaced by physicians in the Northeastern cities by the 1920s, African American midwives continued to practice in rural communities in the Southern U.S. Reformers who wanted to end midwifery compromised by registering midwives with local health departments and requiring them to attend classes.