Collection consists of 15 interviews telling the stories of women who practiced midwifery in the 1970s and 1980sin Montana and the involvement of some in the process of legalizing and standardizing midwifery in the state during the 1989 and 1991 legislative sessions. The '89 session guaranteed midwives exemption from the Medical Practice Act and the '91 session established standards to formally regulate the profession of home birth midwifery. (OH 2353)

Ollie Hamilton (#1 conducted December 12, 2012)

Sandhano Danison (#2 conducted November 15, 2012)

Kathee Dunham (#3 conducted November 15, 2012)

Christine Clark (#4 conducted November 19, 2012)

Mona Jamison (#5 conducted October 29, 2012)

Valerie Knudsen (#6 conducted November 12, 2012)

Michele Neal (#7 conducted December 19, 2012)

Stacey Haugland (#8 conducted October 15, 2012)

R.D. Marks (#9 conducted October 13, 2012)

Dolly Browder (#10 conducted November 5, 2012)

Diane Sands (#11 conducted October 5, 2012)

Pat Schwaiger (#12 conducted November 27, 2012)

April Finch (#13 conducted November 19, 2012)

Vicki Cain (#14 conducted January 24, 2013)

Myles Watts (#15 conducted February 21, 2014; summary only)