The Women Who Caught the Babies: A Story of African American Midwives, Hardcover - Eloise Greenfield

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Publisher: University of Illinois PressAuthor(s): Miriam ThaggertIllustration(s): 34 black & white photographs, 3 mapsNumber of pages: 240Collectio...

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