Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South Women Author Literary Criticism We outgrow relationships

We outgrow relationships

new voices are added to the narrative

Dean O'Donnell is a wallflower with a secret and a voice that could steal the show

Elijah and Justin seek happily-ever-afters

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Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South Women Author Literary Criticism We outgrow relationships"Catchin' babies" was merely one aspect of the broad role of African American midwives in the twentieth century South. Yet, little has been written about the type of care they provided or how midwifery and maternity care evolved under the increasing presence of local and federal health care structures. Using evidence from nursing, medical, and public health journals of the era; primary sources from state and county departments of health; and personal