The Midwife Who Erased Her Name From Four Hundred Lives
The Midwife Who Erased Her Name From Four Hundred LivesA barefoot of dread: a shoebox on a dry granite stone, forty-one ceramic tiles painted with first names and dates, and a woman whose name appears on her grave but nowhere in Merritt County's official records - who delivered 412 babies over forty years without a single birth certificate bearing her name. What made a respected midwife vanish from the paperwork, and who decided to keep it that way?In this episode, we follow how an independent folklorist, Jean Tate, and local residents piece together the life and work of Judith Stein, the…
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