Assertion: ancient midwife | /r/CapableOf | do invaluable work
Facets:
value: given was likely
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Given that the average married woman in antiquity was likely to have many children during her lifetime – probably between four and six, on average – and that miscarriage, infant mortality, stillborn, and late fetal death rates were quite high, ancient midwives would have done invaluable work.