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About Midwives and Midwifery - - A collection of net links on the history of midwives and midwifery, from About.com.

Biography of Mary Breckinridge - - Regarded as the first to bring nurse-midwifery to the United States and founder of the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing. Includes photographs, illustrations and a list of further reading.

Contributions by the Midwives of Antiquity to the Art and Science of Modern Medicine - - Article which lists and gives brief descriptions of notable practitioners from ancient through to new world times. Also details the changeable attitudes towards the profession.

Delivering Childbirth - The Orlando Project - - Paper which researches novels written by women during the 18th century on the subject. Compares the realities with the way in which writings of the time presented the experience.

The History of Midwifery and Childbirth - A Time Line - - Offers a time line of childbirth and midwifery in America. Includes further links to books of interest and organizations mentioned within.

A History of Midwifery in North Carolina - - A general timeline of important dates, statistics and legislation passed by the state.

Kate Sheppard Midwifery - History of Midwifery - - Features a brief general overview as well as focusing on New Zealand's past to the recent present.

MidwifeInfo.com - A Short History of Midwifery - - Describes the profession from ancient times onwards. Also provides information on the beginnings in America, the increasing medicalization of childbirth, modern nurse-midwifery and current trends. Further reading also offered.

Midwifery in Wisconsin - - Covers the period from 1850 - 1905. Describes general practices and includes a list for further reading.

Midwives of Washington - - Offers a complete timeline from 1917 through to the present day.

Royal College Of Midwives: History - - Details the roots, challenges and emergence of the RCM in the UK from 1881 to the present day.

Who Was Martha Ballard? - - Explores the diary of a midwife from the Massachusetts town of Oxford between the years of 1785 until 1813. Includes extracts, stories, themes and a search function.