Henriette, la capuche : The Portrait of a Frontier Midwife
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Henriette, la capuche : The Portrait of a Frontier Midwife
Description
Article on Henriette Blier Pelletier and her lifelong commitment to midwifery. A Québec-born transplant to the Madawaska Territory and the St. Luce Parish - later to be called Frenchville, Maine. Pelletier helped to deliver the children of rural women in their homes, with methods and skills learned through apprenticeship, around the turn of the century. Explanations of medical procedures, folk medicines, and other folk practices used by Pelletier and others in the region, as gleaned from oral history interviews with women in the St. John Valley.
Creator
Paradis, Roger
Date
1983 Spring
Language
en
Type
Journal Article
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Coverage
19th century - 20th century; Frenchville, Maine
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Zotero
ISSN
9739-3759
Issue
1
Pages
130-150
Publication Title
Québec Studies
Volume
1
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