In the late 1800s and early 1900s, midwives and healers provided valuable medical services to their families and communities in the Great Smoky Mountains. To the people they served, they were highly ...

For centuries, pregnant women relied on midwives, nurses trained specifically in the birthing process, to help them deliver healthy babies safely. As modern medicine improved, midwives were frequently ...

Ed. note: This article is a reprint, originally published in The Austin Chronicle June 18, 1993. On January 4, 1991, with guns drawn, a cadre of police swept into the Gentle Birth Center in Glendale, ...