Dr. Megan Birk
Book Details
Title
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on her Diary, 1785-1812
Author
Award Year
ISBN
9780394568447
Honoree Information
Dr. Megan Birk
Position
Professor
Department
History
Occasion
Faculty Bookplate 2025. On the occasion of Dr. Megan Birk's promotion to Professor.
Why Chosen
As a graduate student, this book showed me what was possible for social history. It is a deeply researched micro-history demonstrating the power and importance of one woman's remarkable but quietly lived life, in a single place and time.