1998
7.8 (2 votes)
1h 29m
Official Website
Genres
Documentary
History
TV Movie
Production Companies
Blueberry Hill Films
GBH
GBH
A Midwife's Tale
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.
Key Crew
Director: Richard P. Rogers
Writer: Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Director of Photography: Steven Poster, Peter Stein
Producer: Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
