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By Charlotte G. Borst. 254 pp. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1995. $39.95. ISBN 0-674-10262-2.

Throughout the 19th century, midwives delivered a large portion of the babies born in the United States. In the late years of the century, however, a gradual decline in midwife-assisted births began. By 1930, less than 15 percent of births in this country were attended by midwives. Charlotte Borst has carefully detailed this transition, considering the historical setting and the cultural influences.

Borst has focused her study on four Wisconsin counties, chosen for their careful record keeping and for their relatively high initial number of midwives in practice. Luckily, Wisconsin chose to regulate midwives, so the author was able to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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