Written by:

Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007  Search this

Owned by:

Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 x 5 in. (20.3 x 12.7 cm)

Type:

notes

Place made:

Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Place used:

Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1980

Description:

An undated and unsigned note attributed to midwife Amanda Carter. The note tells of Carter's ancestors who worked as midwives three generations back. She also details a story of her mother delivering a baby in the middle of a road during an emergency. Carter writes that her mother delivered over 1,000 babies and that she herself has delivered around 500 babies. The note is handwritten in blue ink on three (3) pieces of white paper. It begins "Back in the older days of the 18 hundreds. My great grandma served as a midwife, on my mother side, for this [community]. Their transportation was an ox cart."

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Communities  Search this

Correspondence  Search this

Families  Search this

Health  Search this

Medicine  Search this

Midwifery  Search this

Motherhood  Search this

Rural life  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver

Object number:

2011.75.12abc

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5724a309a-0fc3-4039-b88d-ea44d55bcbf3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.75.12abc