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Each of these meaningful, memorable sayings is intended to kick you into high gear and motivate you for the day, week, or month ahead. (Plus, many double as excellent Instagram captions!)
The film is the subject of a short 2006 article by Christine Dell'Amore. [9] Photographic stills by Robert Galbraith from the film formed the basis of an exhibition curated by Linda Janet Holmes called "Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies," on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and ...
Twitter user Ronnie Joyce came across the poem above on the wall of a bar in London, England. While at first the text seems dreary and depressing, the poem actually has a really beautiful message.
Queen Mab, illustration by Arthur Rackham (1906). Queen Mab is a fairy referred to in William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, in which the character Mercutio famously describes her as "the fairies' midwife", a miniature creature who rides her chariot (which is driven by a team of atom-sized creatures) over the bodies of sleeping humans during the nighttime, thus helping them "give birth ...
Poe was known for his funny verses on staff and faculty at the academy. Lieutenant Locke was either generally not well-liked, or Poe had a more personal vendetta with him. The poem teases that Locke "was never known to lie" in bed while roll was being called, and he was "well known to report" (i.e. cite cadets for discipline purposes). [36]
After eight years of research, Ulrich produced A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on her diary, 1785–1812. Each chapter in A Midwife's Tale represents one aspect of the life of a woman in the late 18th century. [2] The overriding theme is the nature of women's work in the context and community. Ulrich stated that:
The Midwife's Apprentice is a children's novel by Karen Cushman. It tells of how a homeless girl becomes a midwife's apprentice—and establishes a name and a place in the world, and learns to hope and overcome failure. This novel won the John Newbery Medal in 1996.
Nurse's Song" is the name of two related poems by William Blake, published in Songs of Innocence in 1789 and Songs of Experience in 1794. "Nurse's Song" The poem in Songs of Innocence tells the tale of a nurse who, we are to assume, is looking over some children playing in a field. When she tries to call them in, they protest, claiming that it ...