![]() ![]() However, his heartless approach to his practice proves to be dangerous and removes the mother’s participation in her own birth experience.ĭora’s path to becoming a midwife is interrupted by her marriage to Archer Bigelow, who comes from a wealthy family and is regarded as a very good match. He makes arguments for the supposed benefits of new drugs and instruments that remove the pain and difficulty of birth. Thomas, an obstetrician, sets up a modern maternity home nearby and tries to persuade the women of Scots Bay to abandon their midwives in favor of his facility. and becomes a midwife-in-training.ĭuring Dora’s training in midwifery, Dr. ![]() Due to this and to the circumstances of her birth, she is viewed as an outcast by the superstitious town and thus is a natural ally of Miss B., the town midwife, who is regarded as a witch. Dora Rare is the only girl in a family of six boys and the first female Rare in six generations. ![]()
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