Manuscript from 18th century Mexican Inquisition records listing a midwife by name.
New post to #FindTheMidwife! Gaby Baez talls with me about her research on 18th century Mexican midwives in Inquisition records. www.findthemidwife.com/eighteenth-c...
portrait photo of a midwife
New post on #FindtheMidwife! Sally Pezaro interviews Maurina Barron about her career.
Black and white 1950s photo of a Black midwife with her patient.
New post on #FindTheMidwife! Wangui Muigai and Noelene Jeffers discuss a landmark film about Black midwifery in the US South in the 1950s. www.findthemidwife.com/wangui-muigai
New post to #FindTheMidwife! It's 1688 and a midwife is at the center of a scandal about a royal birth -- and fake news is not a recent development! www.findthemidwife.com/fake-news-1688
New post on #FindTheMidwife! @sallypezaro.bsky.social interviews @eliskabujokova.bsky.social about an entrepreneurial early 19th century Edinburgh midwife. See: www.findthemidwife.com/eliska-bujok...
17th century map of Barbados with images of animals
New post on #FindTheMidwife today. Sasha Turner talks with us about a 17th century enslaved Barbadian midwife. www.findthemidwife.com/sasha-turner. Thanks Dr. Turner!
New posting on #FindTheMidwife! Noelene Jeffers and @d-squared.bsky.social in conversation about the long history of racism and gynecology: www.findthemidwife.com/deirdre-coop...
New post today on #FindTheMidwife. Midwives under pressure with @sallypezaro.bsky.social and myself! What happened when midwives were pushed by town fathers to interrogate their clients? How did they balance their obligations? www.findthemidwife.com/midwives-und...
