Prince Edward Midwife Is One of 118 in Virginia: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An unattributed clipping from the Farmville Herald article titled "Prince Edward Midwife Is One of 118 Licensed In Virginia." The article is a short profile of midwife Amanda Carey Carter. Above the two columns of text is a photograph of Carter with her trainee, the newly licensed midwife Mrs. John Fisk. The caption reads [Mrs. Amanda Cary Carter, left, congratulates Mrs. John Fisk, who received her midwife license in April after three years training under Mrs. Carter.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: May 5, 1972
• Published by: Farmville Herald, American, founded 1890
• Subject of: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
• Owned by: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
• Type: clippings
• Medium: ink on newsprint
• Dimensions: H x W: 9 1/2 x 4 in. (24.1 x 10.2 cm)
• Place used: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Health
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Medicine
• Topic: Midwifery
• Topic: Rural life
• Object number: 2011.75.34
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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