Great Plains Studies, Center for
Date of this Version
1989
Abstract
Prairie folk healers and midwives seldom have been the focus of scholarly investigation, despite the crucial role they played in the settlement of countless Euro-American communities in the Great Plains. These individuals, a majority of whom were women, brought with them to the American and Canadian grasslands a wealth of folk medical knowledge and a variety of health-oriented, traditional skills.
Comments
Published in Great Plains Quarterly [GPQ 9 (Winter 1989): 3-12] . Copyright 1989 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska—Lincoln.