Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South Women Author Literary Criticism Dean O'Donnell is a wallflower

Dean O'Donnell is a wallflower with a secret and a voice that could steal the show

new voices are added to the narrative

By examining the interplay between mental and physical acts deployed in Old English poetry and prose

she befriends a shy siren who hates being popular

the men profiled here maneuver through family and friendship circles where masculinity dominates

Delivered by Midwives: African American Midwifery in the Twentieth-Century South Women Author Literary Criticism Dean O'Donnell is a wallflower"Catchin' babies" was merely one aspect of the broad role of African American midwives in the twentieth century South. Yet, little has been written about the type of care they provided or how midwifery and maternity care evolved under the increasing presence of local and federal health care structures. Using evidence from nursing, medical, and public health journals of the era; primary sources from state and county departments of health; and personal