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Midwives: Tradition and Transition

"All My Babies: A Midwife’s Own Story"

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Excerpts from "All My Babies: A Midwife’s Own Story," a 1952 educational film featuring Mary Frances Hill Coley, a midwife in rural Georgia.

My mother encouraged me to go around with her, she wanted a midwife always to stay in the family.

Amanda Carey Carter, daughter of midwife Susie Carey

She would get calls in the middle of the night. . . . She would put on her white uniform and white shoes, and out she would go.

Fannie Mae Carter Silver, daughter of midwife Amanda Carter