Learning Exercise
The Martha Ballard Case Study: A Midwife's Tale
The Martha Ballard Case Study: A Midwife's Tale is a case study in how tragic character assassination can be in an 18th century New England town. This interactive site seeks to teach students how to piece fragmentary evidence together to reconstruct past events. Site users use primary sources including diaries, newspapers, and town records to decide for themselves what happened and why.
Course: United States History survey
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- The Martha Ballard Case Study: A Midwife's Tale
- Date last modified:
- October 12, 2004
- Created by:
- William Paquette
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Based on a case of a tragic assassination of character in an 18th century New England town, this interactive site seeks... see more
Exercise
Using The Martha Ballard Case Study: A Midwife's Tale, write a 5-7 page paper describing the state of medicine with emphasis on midwifery in Colonial New England. Use either MLA, APA, or Turabian footnoting styles.
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Women in Colonial America
Medicine in Colonial America
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Learning Objectives
To improve writing skills via history.