by Dr. Edith Langford | Aug 1, 2022 | Black Midwifery
It was Christmas Eve December 24, 1932, in a Shelby County coal mining town called Calera, Alabama. Like a streak of black light Granny flies back into town like a bat out of hell. Only her very silent daughter, assistant Sally Eiland Miller known as Big Mama,... 
by Dr. Edith Langford | Mar 27, 2022 | Historical medical inequity
In February 2022, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Stephanie Mitchell at The Mothers of Gynecology Conference in Montgomery Alabama. Dr. Mitchell is the first Black midwife to be licensed in Alabama since 1976. This significant milestone occurred nearly a century...