Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth <br/><br/>
Nurse-midwifery  the birth of a new American profession 
Laura E. Ettinger. 
 - Columbus  Ohio State University Press  c2006. 
 - xvi, 269 p.  ill.  24 cm. 
 - Women, gender, and health .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index. 
<br/><br/>Conception: nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth -- Early labor pains, 1925-1940 -- Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service: Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race -- New York City's Maternity Center Association: educational opportunities and urban constraints -- Active labor, 1940-1960 -- Transitions: new directions, new limitations -- Traditions: home birth in a high-tech age -- Don't push: struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity -- Epilogue: afterbirth: learning from the past, looking to the future. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780814251508 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0814251501 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006003984 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101285028  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Midwifery--History.--United States<br/>Midwives--History.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RG950  / .E77 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>618.2  / E853n 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2006 J-349 WY 11 AA1  / E85n 2006