Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women Maren Briswalter *New protocols relevant to competence

*New protocols relevant to competence

Special consideration is given to inpatient groups and long-term support groups

Packed full of international examples from various social science disciplines

and individual psychology during these dynamic life phases

Abate argues that there is something unique and fascinating about this phenomenon in contemporary US culture

Merchants, Midwives, and Laboring Women Maren Briswalter *New protocols relevant to competenceDiane C. Vecchio's unique study considers the work experiences of Italian immigrant women and their daughters in the previously unexamined regions of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Endicott, New York, during the turn of the twentieth century. Using Italian and American sources and rich oral histories, this study reveals that women in Italy had economic responsibilities that often included work experiences outside of the home, including jobs as midwives and