Simmons, Norwood PinkieUnited States, Georgia, Grady County, Cairo, 30.87751, -84.20214Hall, Robert1982-08-27During 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.audio/wavengRoddenbery Memorial Libraryhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/They Endure: A Chronicle of Courage Oral History ProjectMidwiferyRural nursingGenealogyOral history interview with Mrs. Pinkie Norwood SimmonsSound