- Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Title:
- Oral history interview with Mrs. Pinkie Norwood Simmons
- Creator:
- Hall, Robert
- Contributor to Resource:
- Simmons, Norwood Pinkie
- Publisher:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Date of Original:
- 1982-08-27
- Subject:
- Midwifery
Rural nursing
Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214
- Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Sound
- Format:
- audio/wav
- Description:
- During an oral history interview on August 27th, 1982, Mrs. Pinkie Norwood Simmons describes her career as a midwife, her family history, and local histories of Grady County, Georgia. In the interview, Simmons discusses how she was forcibly retired from midwifery by the state government to provide jobs for trained RN nurses at a hospital. She provides valuable insights on the lives of women and mothers in the Cairo community. Funding for digitization provided by the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, using Library Services and Technology Act funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-003a
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:zhj_tecc_rml-ohp-003a
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- [Interviewee's name] ([date of the interview]). Interview by Frank Roebuck/Robert Hall. They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage, Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo, GA.
- Extent:
- 37:02:00
- Original Collection:
- They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History Project
- Holding Institution:
- Roddenbery Memorial Library
- Rights:
-
