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Chapter 6 draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 13, 2025

Word count ~ 2050 Jan 17, 2025 Chapter Six Within just a few years, the promise of 1910 came to pass – organized medicine did train a large number of obstetrical surgeons to replace midwives, and these newly minted physicians took over the care of healthy childbearing women. We also have to admit that the […]

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Chapter 5 draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 13, 2025

Word count 1824 Chapters Five Twentieth-Century Birth  ~ An Unofficial century-long Medical Experiment with more than a 100-year run The 20th century medicalization of labor and birth in the US was remarkable more for scale than substance. It systemized the complete loss of physiological management and eliminated important attributes such as ‘patience with nature’ and […]

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Chapter 4: draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 12, 2025

Word Count 2901 ~ Jan 17 2025 Chapter 4: draft ~ The Exclusive Obstetrical Franchise in America and the 20th Century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics Editor’s Note to self – this chapter is currently being edited but only about 1/4 done as of Jan 11,2025 @ 4:19 pm       Chapter 4 […]

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Chapter 3: draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 12, 2025

Word count 3131 Jan 2025 Chapter three:  draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th Century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!) The Obstetrical Franchise Crosses the Pond – Having a Baby in the New World When Europeans migrated to the New World during […]

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Chapter 2 draft ~ The Obstetrical Franchise In America: The 20th century Gender War btw Midwifery and Obstetrics (spoiler alert – obstetricans won, midwives and childbearing women lost!)

by faithgibson January 12, 2025

word count 3933 as of Jan 17-2025 Chapter Two ~ Birth Dangers in a Pre-scientific World   However, not all problems associated with childbirth can be prevented by patience or correct positioning. In a pre-scientific, pre-technological world, the normal support of midwives was often not enough if the childbearing woman suffered from a serious disease, […]

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