Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

About Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's work on A Midwife's Tale

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The Book's Table of Contents

page 3	INTRODUCTION "a great sea A going"
page 36	AUGUST 1787 "Exceeding Dangerously ill"
page 72	SEPTEMBER 1788 "warpt a piece"
page 102	OCTOBER 1789 "Mrs Foster has sworn a Rape on a number of men"
page 134	NOVEMBER 1792 "Matrimonial writes"
page 162	DECEMBER 1793 "Birth 50. Birth 51"
page 204	JANUARY 1796 "find my house up in arms"
page 235	FEBRUARY 1801 "A Desection Performd"
page 262	MARCH 1804 "what a scean had I to go at Evening"
page 286	APRIL 1809 "Polly Purington here"
page 309	MAY 1809 "Workt in my gardin"
page 346	EPILOGUE
page 353	Appendix: Medicinal Ingredients Mentioned in Martha Ballard's Diary
page 365	Notes
page 413	Acknowledgements
page 417	Index