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Informed Homebirth/Informed Birth and Parenting Records, 1975-1998 (ongoing)Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.© 2005
Historical NoteInformed Homebirth/Informed Birth and Parenting is a national, non-profit, educational organization founded in 1977 by Rahima Baldwin Dancy in Ann Arbor, Michigan (now in Fair Oaks, California) as Informed Homebirth. In 1983, the name was changed. Its mission is to provide parents with information about alternatives in birth, parenting, and early childhood through childbirth preparation classes, books and videos, seminars and conferences, childbirth education training and certification, referrals, and childbirth assistant training and certification. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Contents of the CollectionThe Informed Homebirth/Informed Birth and Parenting Records include publications, video and audio tapes, and teaching manuals for childbirth education and childbirth assistant training, conferences, and workshops; books and articles on home birth and midwifery; Michigan Midwives Association newsletters; financial records; and professional papers of Rahima Baldwin Dancy, 1980s-1990s. NOTE: The container list for this collection is available in the Sophia Smith Collection. Please contact us to request a copy. Return to the Table of Contents Search TermsReturn to the Table of Contents |
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