Comments on: National Library of Medicine Exhibit on African American Midwives http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2010/02/national-library-of-medicine-exhibit-on-african-american-midwives Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: uberVU - social comments http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2010/02/national-library-of-medicine-exhibit-on-african-american-midwives/comment-page-1#comment-3167 uberVU - social comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:32:03 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=10072#comment-3167 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by blackamerica: "National Library of Medicine Exhibit on African American Midwives ..." http://tinyurl.com/yflvhf5 Black In America... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Judy Goldberger http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2010/02/national-library-of-medicine-exhibit-on-african-american-midwives/comment-page-1#comment-3155 Judy Goldberger Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:38:45 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=10072#comment-3155 About four years ago there was a thought-provoking exhibition at the Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum for African American History and Culture, "Reclaiming Midwives: Pillars of Community Support." It raised important questions about authority, autonomy, and control of knowledge in the context of a deeply racist society which valued white people's authority and knowledge over black people's authority and knowledge. We need to be critical of our own history. A good commentary here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061075 About four years ago there was a thought-provoking exhibition at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Museum for African American History and Culture, “Reclaiming Midwives: Pillars of Community Support.” It raised important questions about authority, autonomy, and control of knowledge in the context of a deeply racist society which valued white people’s authority and knowledge over black people’s authority and knowledge. We need to be critical of our own history. A good commentary here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5061075

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