Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950, 30th Anniversary Edition by Judith Walzer Leavitt

Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950, 30th Anniversary Edition

Judith Walzer Leavitt

312 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to the late twentieth century. Judith Walzer Leavitt's classic study focuses on the traditional woman-...

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