"I have had some of my white girls want me to let em have their baby lyin on their side and I don't like it" (492).
Midwife by Onnie Lee Logan
From The Norton's Book of Woman's Lives by Phyllis Ross
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| Onnie Lee Logan |
In this passage, Onnie Lee Logan proves herself to be brilliant, even though she didn't have the proper education. Coming from a generation of midwives, Logan possesses the innate qualities of assisting child labor and birth and knows exactly how to adjust to each situation. She goes into great depth on her strategies and protocols to different circumstances, proving her deep knowledge. Even though she has much knowledge on child birth, she still struggles with proper grammar and talks in a sort of southern slang way that it creates a more difficult dialect to understand.
The quote above shows an example of differences between white and black women when giving birth, as there are different trends and styles of childbirth. She discusses many different approaches to labor, a white woman like a nurse in the room while the black woman doesn't care much, which I am curious to know why. Logan puts the newborns in all white, which I translated to preserve their innocence coming into this crazy world. She displays many gentle and caring qualities that make being a midwife so fitting for her.
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