Henrietta Atkins
Item
Title
Henrietta Atkins
Rights Information
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Type
Image
Description
A photograph of Henrietta Atkins, "Mother Atkins" or "Granny Atkins," who was a lay midwife in Leon County. Born on march 12, 1865, she delivered over 3,000 babies before her death on 1967. She was one of the few who trained for the midwifery certificate during the 1930s, and she received her certificate in 1934 from the Midwife Institute housed at Florida A&M College.
Genre
Photographs
Place
Tallahassee (Fla.)
Physical Description
1 item
Identifier
JGRCMA-FC-B042A-F012-I009
Topics
African American families
African American midwives
African American women
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Physical Location
Families Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.