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THE CHICAGO MATERNITY CENTER STORY

Directed by Jerry Blumenthal, Suzanne Davenport, Gordon Quinn, Jennifer Rohrer
United States, 1976
Documentary
  • 6060 minutes

Synopsis

For more than 75 years, the Chicago Maternity Center provided safe home deliveries for Chicago mothers. However, when modern medicine’s attitude toward home birth changed and funding from Northwestern University declined in 1974, the center was forced to close.

Synopsis

For more than 75 years, the Chicago Maternity Center provided safe home deliveries for Chicago mothers. However, when modern medicine’s attitude toward home birth changed and funding from Northwestern University declined in 1974, the center was forced to close.