"Monstrous Births, Powerful Midwives: The Battle over Women’s Bodies in 17th-Century Boston"

Women in 17th-century Boston healed the sick and cared for the wounded.  They alone served as midwives, overseeing the dramatic, life-or-death moment of childbirth.  In this way, women had a great deal of power.   But their power was only in private. In public, women were powerless.

Eve LaPlante, author of American Jezebel, will guide us into the world of midwives, female healers, and “monstrous births.”  Learn how Puritans viewed women’s power and women’s bodies in this life and in the afterlife. 

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