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Midwives' Alliance of North America

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1982

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Carol Leonard papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00206
Abstract Midwife. The Carol Leonard Papers document the general practice of midwifery, the legal status of lay midwifery in the State of New Hampshire, and Leonard's profession as a midwife. Types of materials include correspondence, primarily from Leonard's clients expressing gratittude and describing their experiences and feelings following childbirth; photographs; documentation of her travel to Russia in 1990 to help improve maternity care there; records of Leonard's work towards the legalization...
Dates of Materials: 1966 - 2012
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History

Linda Janet Holmes oral histories of African-American midwives

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00672
Abstract Linda Janet Holmes is a women's health researcher, writer, independent scholar, and activist. She is a research scientist for the New Jersey Department of Public Health, has served as executive director of the New Jersey Office of Minority and Multicultural Affairs, and a board member of the National Black Women's Health Project. This collection contains sixty oral history interviews (audio recordings) with African-American midwives who practiced in the southern United States, primarily...
Dates of Materials: 1979 - 2010
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History

Midwives' Alliance of North America records

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00375
Abstract

Records consist of administrative records, printed material, photographs, audio- and videotapes, computer disks, and memorabilia. Documents issues of standards and practices, education, the registration of midwives, and the division between lay and nurse midwives.

Dates of Materials: 1927 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1996
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History

Penfield Chester papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00205
Abstract Penfield Chester is a midwife who has had a rural homebirth practice in western Massachusetts since 1980 and became involved in local and national midwifery organizational politics after her son was born in 1984. She is the author of Sisters on a Journey: Portraits of American Midwives (1997), which documents the stories of 27 contemporary midwives. Her papers include material related to Sisters on a Journey, including...
Dates of Materials: 1991 - 1998
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History

Susan Hodges papers regarding Citizens for Midwifery

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00727
Abstract

The collection contains the professional papers of activist Susan Hodges, especially her founding and work with Citizens for Midwifery, a grassroots consumer organization that advocates for access to midwifery services and educates women on alternatives to hospital birth.

Dates of Materials: 1980-2014
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History

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Computer media 4
Women in medicine 4
Electronic records 3
correspondence 3
photographs 3
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Brochures 2
Childbirth -- United States -- 20th century 2
Oral histories 2
Women's health services 2
memorabilia 2
African American women 1
African American women -- Social conditions 1
Agendas 1
Alabama -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
Anti-racism 1
Appointment books 1
Bills (Legislative records) 1
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