Midwifery’s Renaissance Utne Reader March / April 2007

By Marsden Wagner,

Born in the USA

Dismissed, disrespected, and hunted like witches, midwives are finally being recognized-but misunderstandings and myths endure.

 Because the midwives feared God, they did not do as commanded by the king.

-Exodus 1:17

A midwife is lectured at by committees, scolded by matrons, sworn at by surgeons, bullied by surgical dressers, talked flippantly to if middle aged and good humored, seduced if young.

-London Times, 1857
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