8-24-12: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: Most births attended by midwives take place in a hospital. Yet, many people still associate midwives with birthing at home or in a free-standing birth center. This morning we look at the different settings for midwife-attended births in Maryland. Then, a Baltimore student talks about the difference that skin tone makes among African-Americans today, and its roots in history. Plus, the story of the amazing sisters who brought Baltimore the Cone Collection of modernist art - as told by their great-niece and her daughter.