Practice Education Legal Recognition

 TOPIC: The Certified Midwife movement in the US – inception, progress, and barriers. 

Be sure to include and summarize the following in relation to midwifery:

• Social and political context
• Scope of practice
• Education
• Legal recognition

Briefly describe significant changes, circumstances, or happenings. 

Explain why you think these were important for midwifery.

(You do not need to include material not relevant to the specific period, unless it is essential to your discussion; anything you draw in this way should be brief. You may assume general knowledge.) 

*Length: 1500 – 2000 words, plus cover page and references*