Article ID: CBB301228659

“Protect the Mother and Baby”: Mississippi Lay Midwives and Public Health (2019)

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This article explores the relationship between African American lay midwives and the Mississippi State Board of Health. Seen as responsible for high rates of infant and maternal mortality, the midwives were targeted for elimination in the 1920s. However, the shortage of physicians and hospitals postponed this process for more than five decades, and lay midwives were integrated into the state's public health system.

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Authors & Contributors
Muigai, Wangui
Tanya Hart
Hatch, Anthony Ryan
Claudia Jeanne Ford
Bonaparte, Alicia D.
Doyle, Dennis A.
Concepts
African Americans and science
Public health
African Americans
Medicine and race
Midwifery
Psychiatry
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
19th century
21st century
Places
United States
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Georgia (U.S.)
South Carolina (U.S.)
Southern states (U.S.)
Atlantic Ocean
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