![]() ![]() She is also the author of Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Early New England, 1650-1750 (1982) The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of an American Myth (2001) and Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History (2007). Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is 300th Anniversary University Professor at Harvard University, where she teaches in the History Department. In this lecture Professor Ulrich reflects upon some of the scholarly, popular, and political responses to the book and considers its impact on her own more recent work. ![]() A Midwife's Tale was also developed into a film of the same name which aired on The American Experience television program. Laurel Ulrich Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750 Paperback Jby Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Author) 131 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 20.43 12 Used from 15.96 2 Collectible from 55. The book won many awards including the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize. The book examines the life of one Maine midwife and provides a vivid examination of ordinary life in the early American republic, including the role of women in the household and local market economy, the nature of marriage, sexual relations, family life, aspects of medical practice, and the prevalence of crime and violence. The book A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 quickly became a model of social history when it was published in 1990. ![]()
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