Midwifes Tale
A Midwife’s Tale Life in the late 1700’s and the early 1800’s would be quite different than that of today. ... Her widely known book, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, analyzes the diary of Martha Ballard and digs deep to find the underlying meanings of her somewhat brief entries. ... ”3 This entry shows that instead of writing the actual name ________________________ 1Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her Diary, 1785-1812 (New York: Village Books, 1991), 210.