{"product_id":"la-partera-fran-leeper-buss-9780472087129","title":"La Partera: Story of a Midwife","description":"Jesusita Aragon earned the title \"la partera,\" or midwife, at the age of fourteen. Apprenticed to her grandmother, she learned the traditional Hispanic methods of assisting childbirth. She won the coveted title by performing her first delivery when an expectant mother went into labor in her grandmother's absence. In the years that followed, she was often the only source of medical care available in an isolated, mountainous area of New Mexico. Jesusita was so prized for her medical wisdom that she came to deliver more than 12,000 babies in the course of her career.\u003cbr\u003eThis is Jesusita's story, told in her own words. She describes her early training as a midwife, her forced departure from home due to two unmarried pregnancies, and her solitary struggle to support her children. \u003ci\u003eLa Partera\u003c\/i\u003e tells how she gradually emerged as a leader in her community, painstakingly building by hand a small maternity center for her patients while gaining the respect of the Anglo medical community.\u003cbr\u003eAs Jesusita's story unfolds, so too does the story of the women of the region. Supplemental sections by the author illuminate Jesusita's culture and past, along with a historical account of the network of medical care provided by Hispanic and Anglo female healers. Illustrated with photographs of both people and places, \u003ci\u003eLa Partera\u003c\/i\u003e reflects the culture of an era through the prism of Jesusita's hard and useful life.\u003cbr\u003eFran Leeper Buss lives and teaches in Tucson, Arizona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fran Leeper Buss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472087126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472087129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 5.54w x 0.48d","brand":"Fran Leeper Buss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48998561939711,"sku":"9780472087129","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/la-partera-fran-leeper-buss-9780472087129","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}