A Midwife's Tale

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1998 · 89 min · NR · Documentary · History · TV Movie · TMDB 8.2/10

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.

Directed by Richard P. Rogers

Cast

• Kaiulani Lee — Martha Ballard
• Andrew Elvis Miller — Rev. Isaac Foster
• J. Smith-Cameron — Mrs. Howard
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich — Self