A Midwife's Tale

A Midwife's Tale (1998) is a documentary, history film directed by Richard P. Rogers rated 8.2/10.

To understand eighteenth-century America through a woman's eyes, historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard's massive but cryptic diary. "A Midwife's Tale" chronicles the interwoven stories of two remarkable women: an eighteenth-century midwife and healer and the twentieth-century historian who brought her words to light.

Cast

Kaiulani Lee

Martha Ballard

Andrew Elvis Miller

Rev. Isaac Foster

J. Smith-Cameron

Mrs. Howard

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Self