Women’s History Month – Keeping the Spirit Going!
Though March is officially Women’s History Month, we would like to continue our reflections on the history of midwifery and maternal health care. Will you join us with your Throwback Thursday posts and pictures?
In 1982, the Midwives Alliance of North America was established as a non-profit (501 c 6) professional organization for all midwives. MANA grew out of a grassroots coalition of diverse types of midwives including nurse-midwives, lay midwives, direct-entry midwives, and traditional midwives from across North America. Since 1982, the Midwives Alliance has taken leadership in advocating for a maternity care model that encourages women to take charge of their reproductive health and that ensures optimal outcomes for mothers and babies. The safety and benefits of the midwifery model of care have been proven again and again in countries across the world, including the United States. MANA has a proud history of relentlessly advocating for women’s autonomy in their reproductive lives through promoting midwifery as a high quality maternity care option.
Let’s continue to celebrate more than 30 years of advocating for Midwifery care. Bring us back to your early days as a midwife, and let us recall those stories during Throwback Thursdays in April. Have an old convention guide? Photos? Tee shirts? Share your images, and memories on Throwback Thursday on one of our social media outlets. Post on Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter, link to MANA, and use the hashtag #TBT so we can follow along!
Take a moment to honor Women’s History by reminding us how far we’ve come, and how far we intend to go to bring quality, respectful midwifery care to all women.
