A Midwife's Tale 1998
"Eighteenth-Century America Through a Woman's Eyes"
Overview
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Director: Richard P. Rogers
Cast
Kaiulani Lee
Martha Ballard
Andrew Elvis Miller
Rev. Isaac Foster
J. Smith-Cameron
Mrs. Howard
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Self