Title In her own voice : childbirth stories from Mennonite women / collected, edited and translated by Katherine Martens and Heidi Harms ; with a foreword by Joan Thomas

Published Winnipeg, Man. : University of Manitoba Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource Series desLibris. Books collection Contents Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Co-Editor's Note -- Anna Thiessen -- Margaret Sawatzky -- Helen Wedel -- Sara Kroeker -- Maria Reimer -- Elizabeth Krahn -- Evelyn Rempel Petkau -- Anna Fullerton -- Robyn Epp -- Elsa Neufeld -- Vicki Neufeld -- Gertrude Epp -- Agatha Martens -- Agatha Warkentin -- Di Brandt -- Marjorie Neufeld Martin -- Mrs. A -- Susanna Edith Klassen -- Aganetha (Aggie) Klassen -- Peggy Regehr -- Edith Parker -- Sue Klassen -- Magdalene Redekop -- Hildegard Martens Roberta LoughrinKarin Dirks -- Selected Sources Summary Over a two-year period, Katherine Martens interviewed twenty-six women from three generations about their experiences of motherhood and giving birth. While all had some connection to the Mennonite community, their stories reflect their diverse backgrounds - weaving through the narratives of life stories that include escaping the Russian Revolution, running farms, and working at such diverse occupations as sales clerks, nurses, professors, teachers, and poets Analysis Birth customs Childbirth Mennonite women Mothers Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Text in English; 3 interviews translated from German, 2 from Plautdietsch or Mennonite Low German Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Mennonite women -- Manitoba -- Interviews Childbirth -- Manitoba Birth customs -- Manitoba Mothers -- Manitoba -- Interviews Pregnancy. Ethnic groups. Mothers. Pregnancy Ethnicity Mothers pregnancy. ethnic groups. mothers. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions. Pregnancy Ethnic groups Birth customs Childbirth Mennonite women Mothers SUBJECT Canada Subject Manitoba Genre/Form Electronic books interviews. Interviews Interviews. Interviews. Form Electronic book Author Martens, Katherine, 1935- Harms, Heidi, 1953- ISBN 9780887553271 0887553273

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