The 1931 Florida Midwifery Law required “The control and licensing of midwifery for the protection of mothers at childbirth and authorizing the State Board of Health to make regulations therefore."
The law required that practicing midwives be at least 21 years old, be able to read the Manual for Midwives, be able to fill out birth certificates, "be clean and constantly show evidence in behavior and in home of habits of cleanliness," have attended, under supervision of a physician, at least fifteen cases of labor and delivery, possess a diploma from a school for midwives, and become licensed by the State Board of Health.
In 1931 about 1400 midwives (35% of the practicing midwives) became licensed. The majority of midwives trained were black and helped white, black, and Seminole indian mothers.
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