1. What appeal do you think Catholicism offer Maria Rouensa based on her particular life experiences and situations?
4. What did you learn about doing women's history from the Midwife's Tale documentary?
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Midwifes tale-
Martha Ballard was a midwife and mother living in the wilds of Maine during the chaotic decades following the American Revolution. Her diary is an up-close view of the poverty, disease, and day-to-day hardships of a struggling young nation. Some two hundred years later, in a quest to understand 18th-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha‘s massive, but cryptic, diary. A Midwife's Tale, from the PBS American Experience collection chronicles their interwoven stories: an 18th-century midwife and the 20th-century historian who brought her words to light. This film pieces together a picture of Ballard's life in Hallowell, Maine, the characters inhabiting her daily routine, and the role of women in the post-revolutionary world. Distributed by PBS Distribution. (90 minutes) Distributed by PBS Distribution.