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All My Babies was written produced and directed by documentary filmmaker, George C. Stoney, and is one of his earliest and most widely recognized.Stoney was interested in the subject as a child watching the midwives go about their work in odd hours and later as a Southern field representative who gave midwives lifts and learning more about their work.
Biddy Mason (August 15, 1818 – January 15, 1891) was an African-American nurse and a Californian real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist. She was one of the founders of the First African Methodist Episcopal Church [1] in Los Angeles, California. Enslaved upon birth, she developed a variety of skills and developed knowledge of medicine ...
Midwives in the United States. Midwives in the United States assist childbearing women during pregnancy, labor and birth, and the postpartum period. Some midwives also provide primary care for women including well-woman exams, health promotion, and disease prevention, family planning options, and care for common gynecological concerns.
Elizabeth Davis (midwife) Elizabeth Davis is an author, women's health care specialist, educator, consultant, and Certified Professional Midwife (CPM). [1] [2] [3] She is a resident of Sebastopol, California and a mother of three children. [4] Since 1977, Davis has pioneered a professional path for midwives in the United States while educating ...
And Rutgers University has launched the New Jersey Midwifery Education Project to expand and diversify the midwifery work force. The state has about 400 midwives, and supporters say there is room ...
IU Health midwives, including the newest team of midwives at IU Health Ball, are experts in women’s health. Our midwives provide individualized care through all stages of a woman’s life.
No Más Bebés (transl. No More Babies) is an American documentary film that tells the story of immigrant women who were sterilized upon going into labor. Having been sterilized without knowing at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, the mothers sued county doctors, the State of California, and the United States government.
Fields. Sociology. Institutions. City University of New York. Barbara Katz Rothman (born 1948) is a professor of sociology and women's studies at the City University of New York (CUNY). [1] Her work encompasses medical sociology, childbirth and midwifery, bioethics, race, disability, food studies, and the sociology of knowledge.