Question about HIST 101

This assignment calls for you to discuss several themes in Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. This is not a research assignment. chapters:The Introduction (very important! August 1787 September 1788 November 1792. While reading the assigned chapters of A Midwife's Tale keep in mind the questions below. Your paper is to answer these questions.1) Who was Martha Ballard? What kind of person was she?2) What kinds of work did she do?3) What did the author mean when she stated that midwives in the late 18th century practiced "social medicine?"4) How did family production reinforce the social web revealed in Martha's diary?5) What were the meanings and purposes of marriage? In what ways was marriage changing? Some of the themes discussed above overlap. It is not necessary to structure your essay as a list of separate responses. Aim for a smooth essay format that addresses all of the themes without simply providing a list of answers. A thorough introduction identifies the title, author, and subject of the book. However, the most important element of an introduction is a clearly-stated thesis; a sentence that describes the main idea of your essay.