This article investigates African American midwives' memoirs, focusing on how they minimize discussions of racial difference and discrimination. The authors provide a brief history of midwifery and maternal healthcare in the United States, examining professionalization, the American Medical Association (AMA), and the U.S. Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act. Co-authorship of a number of memoirs is analyzed, including "Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife" by Margaret Charles Smith and Linda Janet Holmes, "Motherwit: An Alabama Midwife's Story" by Onnie Lee Logan and Katherine Clark, and "Memories of a Black Lay Midwife from Northern Neck Virginia" by Claudine Curry Smith and Mildred Baker Roberson.
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