A Midwife's Tale (1998)
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Overview
To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.
Cast
- Kaiulani Lee as Martha Ballard
- Andrew Elvis Miller as Rev. Isaac Foster
- J. Smith-Cameron as Mrs. Howard
- Laurel Thatcher Ulrich as Self