"Fit to Be a Midwife": Protestantism, Moral Character, and the State Supervision of Black Lay Midwives, 1931–1946
Scholars of religion and medicine have discussed the rise of scientific birthing while also capturing the significance of religion among Black midwives in the American South. Yet they have seldom discussed the place of Protestantism and African American Protestantism in state-sponsored midwifery pro...
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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Religion and American culture
Year: 2023, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-114 |
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