Lovie The Story of a Southern Midwife and an Unlikely Friendship |
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| Author:
| Yarger, Lisa |
| Series title: | Documentary Arts and Culture, Published in Association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-5212-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $72.99AUD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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From 1950 until 2001, Lovie Beard Shelton practiced midwifery in eastern North Carolina homes, delivering some 4,000 babies. Lovie is a provocative chronicle of Shelton's life and work, which spanned enormous changes in midwifery and in the ways women give birth.
From 1950 until 2001, Lovie Beard Shelton practiced midwifery in eastern North Carolina homes, delivering some 4,000 babies. Lovie is a provocative chronicle of Shelton's life and work, which spanned enormous changes in midwifery and in the ways women give birth.