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The woman who made a profession of helping women in labor was called a midwife, from Middle English words meaning “with woman.”

In France, a midwife is sage femme, wise woman; in Denmark, jordemoder, earth mother; among Yiddish-speaking Jews, vartsfroy, waiting woman; in Hawaii, pale keiki, protector of the child. Throughout the world midwifery continues to exist alongside medicine for women who choose to continue the tradition.

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