| Edition |
1st Vintage books ed. |
| Description |
x, 444 pages : maps ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-411) and index. |
| Contents |
"a great sea A going" -- August 1787: "Exceeding dangerously ill" -- September 1788: "warpt a piece" -- October 1789: "Mrs. Foster has sworn a rape on a number of men" -- November 1792: "matrimonial writes" -- December 1793: "Birth 50. Birth 51" -- January 1796: "find my house up in arms" -- February 1801: "a desection performed" -- March 1804: "what a scean had I to go at evening" -- April 1806: "Polly Purington here" -- May 1809: "workt in my gardin." |
| Summary |
Presents the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife in Maine during the eighteenth century, by drawing on the detailed diary she kept for twenty-seven years of her life. |
| Awards |
American Historical Association John H. Dunning Prize for U.S. history, 1990. |
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American Association for the History of Medicine William H. Welch Medal, 1995. |
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Bancroft Prize, 1991. |
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Berkshire Conference First Book Prize, 1990. |
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Pulitzer Prize, History, 1991. |
| Subject |
Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812.
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Hallowell (Me.) -- Biography.
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Augusta (Me.) -- Biography.
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Kennebec River Valley (Me.) -- Social life and customs.
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Midwives -- Maine -- Hallowell -- Biography.
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Midwives -- Maine -- Augusta -- Biography.
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Ballard, Martha, 1735-1812 (OCoLC)fst00277217
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Midwives. (OCoLC)fst01020625
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Maine -- Augusta.
(OCoLC)fst01209573
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Maine -- Hallowell.
(OCoLC)fst01229888
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Maine -- Kennebec River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01274401
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| Added Title |
Midwives tale |
| ISBN |
0679733760 |
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9780679733768 |
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