Download or read book Birthing the West written by Jennifer J. Hill and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Birthing the West: Mothers and Midwives in the Rockies and Plains shows how women and mothers constructed citizens, and how public health entities usurped that role, with varied long-term impacts on women, men, families, community, and American identity"--