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Re: Informed consentFrom: Cheri Van Hoover (cherivh@xdcr.com)Wed Jun 7 10:24:45 2006
Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
> Yep. Although I have no particular complaints about the quality of public school education I received. I took Latin in high school, was the spelling bee champion of my region when I was 12, had teachers who challenged me and expected me to work beyond the normal coursework (algebra in 4th grade, for example). One of my schoolmates went to Harvard on a full scholarship. Another is House Speaker for the Washington State Legislature. There were plenty of others who achieved beyond what one might expect from our working class socioeconomic status and semi-rural, extremely provinicial geographic location. The book about Japanese American midwives is new information because it has not been published anywhere before. Although I was well aware of the presence and history of Japanese immigrants to the West Coast of the U.S. during these years (and have read fairly extensively about their experiences before and during World War II), I was unawere of the presence of active, well-educated, socially important midwives within these communities. The lack of attention paid to women's history and the marginalization of midwifery in the U.S., as well as these womens' relative isolation within their own communities (most did not speak English well) led to their contributions fading in memory, especially since only the Issei (first generation) women used their services. Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) acculturated very rapidly into mainstream American society, so the midwives of their mothers' generation were not a significant part of their lives. This book discusses how this all came to be. Cheri
-- Cheri Van Hoover Milky Way Jewels http://www.milkywayjewels.com
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