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Why not me? : the story of Gladys Milton, midwife / by Wendy Bovard and Gladys Milton.
LIBRA - Rare RG950.M55 B68 1993 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bovard, Wendy L., 1952-
- Milton, Gladys, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milton, Gladys.
- Midwives--Florida--Biography.
- Midwives.
- Midwifery.
- Florida.
- Medical Subjects:
- Midwifery.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 127 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Summertown, Tennessee : The Book Publishing Company, 1993.
- Summary:
- This is the personal story of a courageous and compassionate Florida midwife and an account of her fight to provide women with affordable health care. It's a modern day tale of David versus Goliath, where "David" was one of the last grand ("granny") lay midwives still delivering babies in the U.S.
- Contents:
- Why Me?
- Aunt Mag
- Mama
- The Kerosene Lamp
- Homebirth
- They're with me Always
- Trial by Fire
- Babies love Midwives
- The Brewing Storm
- The Rose
- I Pass this way but Once
- Don't Quit
- To Move a Mountain.
- Notes:
- "Cover and text design by Barbara McNew."
- Publisher's advertisements: [1] page at end.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0913990973 :
- 9780913990971
- OCLC:
- 26931552
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