Ablow, Keith, 292 African Americans, 12, 16–17, 32, 65, 66, 97, 176–78, 204, 234, 235, 258–59, 261–62, 267 Ainsworth, Reverend John Lawrence, 94 Alabama, 12 Aldridge, Dr. Charles, 218 Allen, Steve, 59, 61–62 All in the Family (television show), 236– 38, 237 Alta Bates Community Hospital (Berkeley , Calif.), 228 Ambrose, Stephen, 101 Ambrose, Dr. Thomas, 101 American Association of Psychiatry, 266 American Baby (magazine), 165, 190 American College of Nurse Midwives, 266 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), 91, 220, 266; manual of standards, 133, 282; support for shared labor, 171 American College of Surgeons, 221 American Hospital Association, 8, 44, 134–35, 266 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology , 131, 220 American Magazine, 121 American Medical News, 180–81 American Nursing Association, 266 American Red Cross, 140 American Society for Psychoprophylaxis index Note: Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. 372 * index in Obstetrics (ASPO), 150, 238, 295; Bay Area Chapter, 146; origin, 162 Anesthesia, 25, 30, 36–37, 39, 99, 105, 130, 188; caudal, 103, 117, 198, 208, 212, 226, 243; epidural, 90 Anesthesiologists, 281–82 Antibiotics, 34 Anzalone, Joseph, 192 Arkansas, 111 Arms, Suzanne, 250 Army of Expectant Fathers (Genne), 168– 70, 210 Arnaz, Desi, 1–7, 19 Atomic bomb, x, 47, 68 Ave Maria Press, 114 Bacteriology, 26–28; fear of infection from father, 83–84, 94–95, 201, 217– 18, 254; fear of infections in delivery room, 93, 196, 217–18; understanding of germ transmission in 19th century, 26 Bahn, Michael and Joan, 277–78 Baker, Dr., 225 Baker, Russell, 59 Ball, Lucille, 1–7 Baltimore, 159, 266 Bang, Ensign and Mrs., 121–22 Barnes, Allan, 220 Barnes, Charles and Jean, 106 Barney, Steve, 81, 234 Barter, Dr. Robert H., 181–82 Baxandall, Rosalyn, 248 Bayly, Dr. Melvyn, 270 Beardsley, E. H., 157 Beaver Dam Hospital (Beaver Dam, Wis.), 274 Beck, Joan, 146, 254 Bellin Methodist Hospital (Green Bay, Wis.), 219 Benaron, Dr. Harry, 73, 270 Berkeley Night School, 146 Berlin Hospital (Waushara County, Wis.), 93 Berndt, Alvin, 240–42 Bernheim, Mark, 263 Best, Brian, 179 Beth David Hospital (New York City), 96, 196 Better Homes and Gardens (magazine), 110, 129 Betts, Dr., 214 Bing, Elizabeth, 162, 164, 171, 232, 268, 288 Birth experience. See Childbirth; Fathers; Women Birthing rooms, 10–11, 275–83, 277, 280, 282; physicians’ resistance to, 278 Birth plans, 21 Black masculinity, 16 Blasing, T. J. and Carolyn, 144 Block, Robert, 279–80 Bloodletting, 24–25, 30 Board of Commissioners of North Broward Hospital District (Broward County, Calif.), 250 Bonds, Charlotte and Ozell, 176–77, 258–59, 271 Booth Memorial (Cleveland, Ohio), 276 Boston Lying-In Hospital, 46, 85 Bradburn, Dr. G. B., 70, 73 Bradley, Robert, 100, 142, 182, 200, 201, 217–18, 228, 231; influenced by DickRead , 201 Bradley method: increasing popularity of, 200; in labor and delivery, 191; in prenatal classes, 100, 142, 144 Brandt, Allan, 59 Brew, Dr. Barbara, 217 Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, 197 [3.85.63.190] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 13:23 GMT) index * 373 Brown, Oscar, Jr., 234–35 Browne, Peter, 170, 211 Bryn Mawr Hospital (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), 246 Buckley, Dr. Daniel J., Jr., 181 Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (Wisconsin), 123 Byrd, William, 22 California, 93, 117, 145, 146, 150, 174, 188, 207, 223; Berkeley, 228; Broward County, 250; Los Angeles, 41; Sacramento , 244; San Luis Obispo, 124–25, 229, 230, 238, 239 Cameras. See Fathers: photographing childbirth Cameron, Dr. Daniel, 24 Carmon, Mabel, 89, 115 Cates, Ethel, 104 CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System), 1 Cesarean sections, 30, 90, 150, 226, 270–75; in fathers’ books, 270; Lucille Ball’s, 7; rates of, 274 Chabon, Irwin, 145 Charles, Allan, 251 Cherry, Mildred, 197 Chicago, 12, 154, 174 Chicago Board of Health, 196, 251–52 Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 50, 54, 66, 124, 140, 158 Chicago Maternity Center, 66, 197 Chicago Tribune, 146, 254 Childbirth, 8–9; in 18th century, 22–24, 156; in 19th century, 23–27; in early 20th century, 32–47; in 1940s, 48–59, 62–64, 74, 80–81, 83, 89, 101, 103–6, 196–200; in 1950s, 59–62, 64–74, 75–78, 79–81, 87–100, 102–3, 106– 19, 121–22, 124–34, 139–41, 161–62, 166–73, 197, 200–202, 206–15; in 1960s, 67, 78–79, 84–85, 141–45, 146, 158, 164–65, 173–74, 183–86, 201, 215, 216–35; in 1970s, 134–37, 145– 55, 159–61, 174–79, 180–83, 186–91...