Talk:The Farm (Tennessee)
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[edit] NPOV
Claims that the Farm hosts 'famous midwives' and one of its founders was a 'mother of modern midwifery' must be sourced at the least, this looks like a very distinct POV. Certainly, there are probably other claimants to the throne of 'mother of modern midwifery?' Kit 03:49, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
- Well, they are famous. As to the claim that Ina May Gaskin is the "mother of modern midwifery," that could be investigated further. Keep in mind that midwifery appeared to have gone the way of the dodo by the mid 20th century. There is no doubt that they brought it back to a new level of credibility—first with the counter culture and then, increasingly with the mainstream. Having raised this, the ball is in your court to do the research. I hate NPOV tags (preferring to do the work and edit accordingly), but this is your show. So I would like you to look into this right away, please. Sunray 06:15, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
I think the NPOV tag is useful for an editor who wishes to raise questions about the neutrality of an article but does not have the expertise to fix the topic themselves, which is the case here with myself. I do not have the ability to determine whether someone is a mother of modern midwifery or anything similar. Someone who is knowledgeable about midwifery should be the one to handle that, IMHO. As to the first statement I will try to make some improvements. Kit 08:07, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
- Hopefully the language is a bit less flamboyant now. If someone wants to reinsert the 'mother of modern midwifery' claim they can find a source and do it in a NPOV fashion. As it is expanded, this page needs sources for such claims. Kit 08:13, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
I also feel that the entry on the Farm could benefit from more discussion on Ina May's contribution to the field of midwifery. She IS considered the "mother of modern midwifery," although I do not at this time have a source for that title. However, probably every midwife working in the USA today knows her name and she has had a maneuver named for her--the Gaskin maneuver for managing shoulder dystocia during delivery. She has written two books on midwifery, Spiritual Midwifery and Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. Spiritual Midwifery includes birth stories from women who delivered on the Farm with Ina May and the other midwives there. AnnaMalena (talk) 23:48, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
- Yes, I certainly agree that there should be more about the midwives of the Farm in this article. You can find sources for this in the Ina May Gaskin article. It's hard to find articles online that give good overview of Midwifery in the early days of the farm. Here's a link to the Vegetarian Times article "Mother of Midwifery", which gives some details (perhaps sufficient for The Farm article). If you need any help, let me know. Sunray (talk) 23:52, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mother of midwifery
Consider the following:
- "The Midwife of modern midwifery: From her Tennessee commune, Ina May Gaskin almost single-handedly inspired-the rebirth of midwifery in this country"
- —Katie Allison Granju Salon.com Salon Brilliant Careers, June 1, 1999
- "Mother of midwifery: Ina May Gaskin hopes to birth a local movement of midwives"
- —Carol Wiley Lorente Vegetarian Times , July 1995.
132.192.6.64 13:30, 26 March 2007 (UTC) Then there is the claim that all communication was by CB Radio... what about the switchboard? I know we had telephones in the mid-late 70s... and under 18 teens were not supposed to smoke... though I'll admit there was undoubtedly a lot slipped off the household tray and I know of patches out in the woods... and Ice-Bean was more than a 1 year experiment... Farm Foods of Texas (at the Austin Farm) made a business out of it. ttyl Frank of the Dogwood Blossom (aka Dogwood 1, next to the Dogwood Rd. Solar House, and later the Austin Farm).
[edit] Lewis County
I see a link for Lawerence Co. Just noting that the Farm is in Lewis Co. --jidanni
Summerville, the closest town, is in Lawrence. Can you provide a citation that it is in Lewis? Kit O'Connell (Todfox: user / talk / contribs) 11:03, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
The Farm, in fact, is in Lewis County. See this page: http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=T082
[edit] WikiProject class rating
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[edit] Wikipedians who lived on The Farm (Tennessee)
Sign me up for a future Category:Wikipedians who lived on The Farm (Tennessee) (in 1977) or whatever you want to call it. Jidanni (talk) 03:27, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Me too. I will never eat another boiled wheat berry again. Yuck.
