the birth of a new American profession Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth creator text bibliography ohu Columbus Ohio State University Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xvi, 269 p. ill. 24 cm. 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. Laura E. Ettinger. Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index. n-us--- Midwifery United States History Midwives United States History RG950 .E77 2006 618.2 E853n 2006 J-349 WY 11 AA1 E85n 2006 9780814251508 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0814251501 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2006003984 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003984.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003984.html DLC 060206 20160527185206.0 305791