Author:
Ettinger, Laura Elizabeth, 1968-
Imprint:Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2006.
Descriptionxvi, 269 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Conception: nurse-midwives and the professionalization of childbirth -- Early labor pains, 1925-1940 -- Eastern Kentucky's frontier nursing service: Mary Breckinridge's mission, survival strategies, and race -- New York City's Maternity Center Association: educational opportunities and urban constraints -- Active labor, 1940-1960 -- Transitions: new directions, new limitations -- Traditions: home birth in a high-tech age -- Don't push: struggling to create a political strategy and professional identity -- Epilogue: afterbirth: learning from the past, looking to the future.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.
