Midwife's Certificate of Retirement presented to Amanda Carter
date: label: Date
content: July 1, 1987
name: label: Created by
content: Virginia Department of Health, American
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A "Midwife's Certificate of Retirement" issued by the Virginia State Department of Health to Amanda Carter. The certificate has an intricate blue scalloped border and the pre-printed text in black ink has been completed with typewritten text also in black ink. Center text reads [THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO / AMANDA CARTER OF FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA / PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY WHO HAS BEEN A MIDWIFE / FOR 35 YEARS. SHE HAS RETURNED HER PERMIT ON THIS / 1ST DAY OF JULY 1987 AND WILL NOT / ATTEND ANY OTHER CASES.]. It is signed at lower right by the directors of the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and the local health department. The back is blank with no printing, marks, or inscriptions.
place: label: Place used
content: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.75.7
objectType: label: Type
content: certificates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.9 x 28.3 cm)