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maternal death |
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maternal death, the death of a woman during the childbearing cycle. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Death, an ever-present companion, looms large in the diary and journal accounts, which recount high child mortality, disease, and the constant possibility of death in childbirth. Their marriage followed the 1951 death in childbirth of Benedict Sandin's first wife. When the Baptist church deacon, union man and sanitation worker Walter Russell, along with a co-worker, is crushed to death by a defective garbage truck, his oldest daughter Mae continues to run the household that occupies their shambling North Memphis frame house, just as she has since her mother's death in childbirth. |
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