| Description |
xvi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Women, gender, and health |
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Women, gender, and health.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-263) and index. |
| Contents |
List of illustrations-- Acknowledgments -- ch. 1. Conception : nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth -- pt. 1. Early labor pains, 1925-1940 -- ch. 2. Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service : Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race -- ch. 3. New York City's Maternity Center Association : educational opportunities and urban constraints -- pt. 2. Active labor, 1940-1960 -- ch. 4. Transitions : new directions, new limitations -- ch. 5. Traditions : home birth in a high-tech age -- ch. 6. Don't push : struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity -- Epilogue : afterbirth : learning from the past, looking to the future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Midwifery -- United States -- History.
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Midwives -- United States -- History.
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Nurse Midwives -- history -- United States.
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History, 20th Century -- United States.
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Midwifery -- history -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780814210239 cloth alkaline paper |
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0814210236 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780814251508 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814251501 paperback alkaline paper |
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0814291007 (cd-rom) |
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9780814291009 (cd-rom) |
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