Smith, Margaret Charles (b. 1906)

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Smith, Margaret Charles (b. 1906)

African-American midwife. Born Sept 12, 1906, in Green County, AL; dau. of Beulah Sanders; raised by grandmother, Margaret Charles; m. Randolph Smith.

A "granny" midwife in Alabama, received a state permit (1940s); worked for 28 years in prenatal care at the Green County Health Department; with Linda Janet Holmes, wrote Listen to Me Good: The Life Story of an Alabama Midwife (1996).

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