A Midwife's Tale spo-disabled The cotton twill tape is

The cotton twill tape is attached at the waist and can be tied in the front or the back of the wearer

A tramel hook allows for adjustability between 11 and 17 inches

Black clay pipes are made from the same material as the white

Inspired by a still life painting from Jean Simon Chardin in 1732

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A Midwife's Tale spo-disabled The cotton twill tape isBy Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Paperback WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEDrawing on the diaries of one woman in eighteenth century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier. Between 1785 and 1812 a midwife and healer named Martha Ballard kept a diary that recorded her arduous work (in 27 years she attended 816 births) as well as her domestic life in