Linda Janet Holmes
Linda Janet Holmes is an independent scholar, the former director of New Jersey's Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, and a women's health activist. Her writing--including articles in medical and feminist journals--has contributed to a resurgence of international recognition of the significance of African American midwifery practices. She is the coauthor (with Margaret Charles Smith) of Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife , author of A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara,...See more
Linda Janet Holmes is an independent scholar, the former director of New Jersey's Office of Minority and Multicultural Health, and a women's health activist. Her writing--including articles in medical and feminist journals--has contributed to a resurgence of international recognition of the significance of African American midwifery practices. She is the coauthor (with Margaret Charles Smith) of Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife , author of A Joyous Revolt: Toni Cade Bambara, Writer and Activist, and coeditor (with Cheryl A. Wall) of Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara . She lives in Hampton, Virginia. See less
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Listen to Me Good: The Story of an Alabama Midwife
History We Need to Learn
Southern Black Midwives had better birth outcomes than today's highly trained Ob/gyn's. Here, one such "granny midwife" tells her story in her own words. Margaret Charles Smith of Eutaw, AL did not ... Read More