Posted on Feb 18, 2022
How the death of a birth worker illustrates the urgency to record Black history
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Claudia Booker lived many lives: teacher, lawyer and staffer in the Carter administration before finding her passion as a doula and midwife. She died in Washington, D.C., in February of 2020.
Those close to her suspect she may have been an early case of COVID-19. Her story, profiled in TIME magazine, highlights some of the Black history lost during the pandemic.
Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Janell Ross, a senior correspondent covering race and identities for TIME magazine.
Those close to her suspect she may have been an early case of COVID-19. Her story, profiled in TIME magazine, highlights some of the Black history lost during the pandemic.
Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Janell Ross, a senior correspondent covering race and identities for TIME magazine.
How the death of a birth worker illustrates the urgency to record Black history
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Trumpublicans will bitch... wait and see.
"doula
[ˌdo͞olə]
NOUN
a woman, typically without formal obstetric training, who is employed to provide guidance and support to a pregnant woman during labor...
"from admission through delivery, a doula stayed at her assigned patient's side"...
a woman employed to provide guidance and support to the mother of a newborn baby...
"my mother-in-law hired a postpartum doula to help me for a couple of weeks."...
"doula
[ˌdo͞olə]
NOUN
a woman, typically without formal obstetric training, who is employed to provide guidance and support to a pregnant woman during labor...
"from admission through delivery, a doula stayed at her assigned patient's side"...
a woman employed to provide guidance and support to the mother of a newborn baby...
"my mother-in-law hired a postpartum doula to help me for a couple of weeks."...
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