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Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home archives
Registers of the mothers and babies born between 1949-1971 at the home of midwife Beatrice ("Miss Bea") Borders (1892–1971) in Camillla, Georgia, the first and only maternity shelter where African American women were allowed by local doctors to receive midwife delivery for their newborns.
More About This Collection
Creator
Borders, Beatrice, 1892-1971
Date of Original
1949/1971
Subject
Midwifery--United States--Georgia--Camilla
African American midwives--Georgia--Camilla
Women midwives--United States--Georgia--Camilla
African Americans-Economic conditions--Georgia--Camilla
Discrimination in medical care--Georgia--Camilla
Maternal health services--Georgia--Camilla
Rural health services--Georgia--Camilla
Maternal health care teams--Georgia--Camilla
African Americans-Economic conditions--Georgia--Camilla
Discrimination in medical care--Georgia--Camilla
Segregation--Georgia--Camilla
Registers of births, etc.--Georgia--Camilla
Genealogy
People
Borders, Beatrice, 1892-1971
Location
United States, Georgia, Mitchell County, Camilla, 31.23129, -84.21046
Medium
birth registers
composition books
birth records
Type
Text
Description
Registers of the mothers and babies born between 1949-1971 at the home of state-certified midwife Beatrice ("Miss Bea") Borders (1892–1971), the first and only maternity shelter where African American women were allowed by local doctors to receive midwife delivery for their newborns during segregation.
Language
eng
Holding Institution
Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home
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