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About Hannah Smith
I am a PhD Candidate in History at the University Minnesota. My dissertation looks at the transition from female-led midwifery to man-midwifery in early America and the Anglo-Atlantic World. I consider myself to be both an early Americanist and an Atlanticist. My work consistently falls under the category of "Women's History"--I am interested in how the increased popularity of man-midwives changed how female midwives practiced and how expectant women received care. I aim to place the story of this transition within the Anglo-Atlantic context. Because of the subject matter I am focused on, I am also interested in early modern medicine, particularly as it relates to the care of women, and the history of the body.Hannah Smith is a PhD Candidate in History at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She can be reached at smit9201@umn.edu.
NBN Episodes hosted by Hannah:
July 7, 2022
Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England
Sarah Fox
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Hannah Smith
Sarah Fox's fascinating new book Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England (U London Press, 2022) rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century …
April 4, 2022
Carrying All Before Her
Chelsea Phillips
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Hannah Smith
The rise of celebrity stage actresses in the long eighteenth century created a class of women who worked in the public sphere while facing considerabl…
October 27, 2021
The Passion of Anne Hutchinson
Marilyn J. Westerkamp
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Hannah Smith
When English colonizers landed in New England in 1630, they constructed a godly commonwealth according to precepts gleaned from Scripture. For these '…