Midwifery

(From: State Board of Health, Midwife Program Files, 1924-1975, Series S 904)

Intro | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

Julie Graves "was a state health nurse directly involved with the development of the midwife program in Florida."(1) During her career she documented many of the early treatments and remedies used by midwives during pregnancy and childbirth. Reproduced here is a typescript prepared by Graves that lists some of these treatments. (1) Debra Anne Susie, In the Way of Our Grandmothers: A Cultural View of Twentieth-Century Midwifery in Florida (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1988), viii.

Intro | Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5

NEW AND NOTEWORTHY ON FLORIDA MEMORY
Sonia Malkine French folk singer Sonia Malkine possessed a delicate and captivating vocal approach.		Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus In 1945, administrators asked returning veterans if they would be willing to attend classes at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee.		Physician's Journal In 1843, Dr. John M. W. Davidson of Gadsden County began recording medical recipes and treatments in a small, leather-bound notebook.

Florida Memory is funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Florida Department of State, State Library & Archives of Florida. Contact Us. Disclaimer. Florida’s history is your history. Help us preserve it by joining the Friends of the State Library & Archives of Florida.