02139oam 22005054a 450 991016394060332120210915035116.00-8142-7251-7(CKB)3710000001040925(OCoLC)1229912848(MdBmJHUP)muse34259(EXLCZ)99371000000104092520060206d2006 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNurse-MidwiferyThe Birth of a New American Profession /Laura E. EttingerColumbus :Ohio State University Press,2006.©2006.1 online resource (xvi, 269 p.) : ill. ;0-8142-5150-1 0-8142-1023-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-263) and index.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.MidwiferyhistoryUnited StatesHistory, 20th CenturyUnited StatesMidwiveshistoryUnited StatesMidwivesUnited StatesHistoryMidwiferyUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books. MidwiferyhistoryHistory, 20th CenturyMidwiveshistoryMidwivesHistory.MidwiferyHistory.618.2Ettinger Laura Elizabeth1968-1024665MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910163940603321Nurse-Midwifery2435498UNINA