AB midwife 1900s_407fccdc8f.jpg

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Great-grandmother (right) of Harold Bernard Jr., husband of Angela Bernard. She was a midwife, traveling by horseback to deliver babies in people\'s homes in the early 1900\'s.\r\n\r\nThis image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,\r\nProfessor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez\r\nCommunity College is located in Chalmette, in St.\r\nBernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily\r\ndamaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.\r\n

Citation

“[Untitled],” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 22, 2024, https://hurricanearchive.org./items/show/26246.

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