The following excerpt probably falls in the category of “old news” as it was posted August 31. However, I missed it, so am posting it here today.
Birth Registers From Historically Endangered Georgia Nursing Home For Expectant African American Mothers Now Available Freely Online
The Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home in Camilla, Georgia, and the Digital Library of Georgia have worked together to digitize and present online the birth registers of the mothers and babies born at the Georgia B. Williams Nursing Home between 1949-1971.
This nursing home, located at the home of state-certified midwife Mrs. Beatrice (“Miss Bea”) Borders (1892–1971), was the first and only professional birthing center in the rural South where African American women were allowed by local doctors to receive midwife delivery for their newborns during segregation, Jim Crow depression, and medical deprivation in the 20th century.
“Miss Bea” and her assistants oversaw over 6,000 births and provided a safe place for African American mothers who had nowhere else to go.
Read the full article at the blog of the Digital Library of Georgia.