A Midwife’s Tale by Martha Ballard

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, it became one of his greatest legacies. In the first line, he wrote: "We believe these truths are self-evident, people believe that people are born equally" (US Constitution, paragraph 2). Jefferson wrote these words to inspire future generations in hopes of being able to change what they wanted and what he did not want. In the early 1700's and early 1800's 'declarations' the word 'male' is exactly the same, but it is not so for some men.

Martha Moore Ballard (1735 - May 1812) was an American midwife therapist and therapist. Unusually, Ballard has recorded thousands of entries in nearly 30 years and has provided historians valuable insight into the lives of women at the border. Born in the midwife 's story: Martha Ballard' s lifetime was born in 1785 to 1812 by historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich and was born on February 9, 1735 in Oxford, Massachusetts. Elijah and Dorothy's family learned Moore. Her family is known to have a medical connection, but she does not know anything about her childhood and education; her uncle Abijah Moore and her brother Stephen Barton are doctors. She married Ephraim ballad in 1754. The couple had nine children between 1756 and 1779, but between 17 June and 5 July 1769, they lost three diphtheria epidemics in Oxford.

This site will provide copies of midwife Masa Ballard's diary and scanned copies. It was used as a documentary midwife and provided a prospect for the revolutionary and female profession of women early in the Republic of China and the daily lives of women and families. The site searches by date and keyword and provides several documents organized by topic. Scanned copy is hard to read. However, this site contains transcriptions and copies.