February: Lucy Ballard marries Ephraim Towne. July: Martha Ballard midwives for the first time. Nov. 1: Martha and Ephraim move to the Jones Mill at Bowman's Brook. June 2: Molly Pitcher ...

A docudrama adaptation of Ulrich's Pulitzer-winning book, which was based on thousands of entries in the journal of Martha Ballard, a Maine midwife, in the late 1700's and early 1800's.

In 1785 Martha Ballard began the ... half the women in America were literate, Ballard faithfully recorded the weather, her daily household tasks, her midwifery duties (she delivered close to ...