Ina May Gaskin
Birthday: 1940-03-08
Place of Birth: Iowa, USA
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Ina May Gaskin is an American midwife who has been described as "the mother of authentic midwifery." She helped found the self-sustaining community, The Farm, with her husband Stephen Gaskin in 1971 where she markedly launched her career in midwifery. She is known for the Gaskin Maneuver, has written several books on midwifery and childbirth, and continues to educate society through lectures and conferences and spread her message of natural, old-age inspired, fearless childbirth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ina May Gaskin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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