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The program starts at 6:30pm in the auditorium, but join us at 5:00pm for happy hour. An effective, long-standing tradition of midwifery steeply declined after 1910, when the Flexner Report recommended that women deliver their babies in hospitals and midwifery be abolished, making the case that all medical practitioners should have standardized training. But because medical education was rife with racial inequities, this transition away from midwifery had a particularly adverse effect on Black mothers and babies. Today there’s a strong movement to revive Black midwifery, and October has now been designated as Community Midwives Month. Join Jamaa Birth Village founder Okunsola M. Amadou as she presents a historical overview, shares the organization’s work training people to serve as midwives and doulas, and commemorates the 10th anniversary of Jamaa Birth Village in St. Louis.
Presented by WashU.
African American History Initiative (AAHI) programming is presented by Wells Fargo.
Learn more: https://mohistory.org/events/black-midwifery
Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Musuem are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you'll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, concerts, lectures, and more!
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