| The King's Midwife |
 | Prologue: Who Is Mme du Coudray? |
| • | 1— The Portrait: Paris, Summer 1985 |
| • | 2— Biography As History and Mystery: Los Angeles and France, 1986–1996 |
| • | 3— The National Midwife's Mission Statement: Clermont, 1 August 1760 |
| 1— From Private Practice to Public Service |
| A Parisian Midwife |
| • | 4— Hanging Her Shingle: Paris, 22 February 1740 |
| • | 5— A Birth: Paris, January 1744 |
| • | 6— The Petition: Paris, 17 May 1745 |
| • | 7— Apprentices and Associates: Paris, 22 January 1751 |
| Teaching in Auvergne: The Depopulation Issue |
| • | 8— Break to the Provinces: Thiers-en-Auvergne, 1 October 1751 |
| • | 9— "The Stories They Told Me": Clermont, 9 May 1755 |
| • | 10— The "Machine": Paris, 13 May 1756 |
| • | 11— Early Lessons: Clermont, July 1757 |
| • | 12— A Future Hero: Chavaniac, 7 September 1757 |
| • | 13— Textbook As Patriotism: Clermont, January 1759 |
| • | 14— Protest from a Village Matron: Plauzat, 12 June 1759 |
| 2— Saving Babies for France |
| • | 15— Royal Brevet: "Sent by the King": Versailles, 19 October 1759 |
| • | 16— Traveling for His Majesty: Moulins, November 1761 |
| • | 17— Boasts, Rebuffs, and Boutin: Chalon-sur-Saône, 19 March 1763 |
| • | 18— Turgot: Tulle, 29 December 1763 |
| • | 19— "Her Unendurable Arrogance": Angoulême, 30 July 1764 |
| • | 20— The Thrifty Laverdy: Fontainebleau, 16 October 1764 |
| • | 21— Sounding Her Mood: Bourdeilles, 12 December 1764 |
| • | 22— Delivering "Like a Cobbler Makes Shoes": Poitiers, February 1765 |
| • | 23— Surgeons of the King's Navy: Rochefort-sur-Mer, 30 April 1766 |
| • | 24— Brevet No. 2: The Royal Treasury: Compiègne, 18 August 1767 |
| • | 25— The Bien(s) de l'Humanité: Montargis, 30 September 1767 |
| • | 26— The Students—"Mes Femmes": Bourges, All Saints' Day 1767 |
| • | 27— "A Furious Disgust": Bourges, 9 February 1768 |
| • | 28— Prize Pupil: Issoudun, 2 August 1768 |
| 29— New Edition, Strong Words: Périgueux, 4 September 1769 |
| • | 30— The Kindness of Strangers: Agen, 30 November 1769 |
| 3— Forging Farther Afield— Friends, "Family," and Foes |
| New Strains, Private Needs |
| • | 31— Friendship and Fortification: Bordeaux, Spring 1770 |
| • | 32— The Suitor and Other Calamities: Auch, 19 December 1770 |
| • | 33— Coutanceau, "Provost" and Partner: Montauban, Winter 1771 |
| • | 34— "Happy As a Queen": Grenoble, 16 June 1772 |
| • | 35— Networks, Newspapers, and Name Games: Besançon, 16 November 1772 |
| • | 36— Flirtation in Champagne: Châlons-sur-Marne, March 1773 |
| • | 37— "I Cost Nothing": Verdun, 17 June 1773 |
| • | 38— She "Partakes of the Prodigious": Neufchâteau, Fall 1773 |
| Designing a Dynasty |
| • | 39— Romance in the Entourage: Nancy, 27 February 1774 |
| • | 40— Brevet No. 3: The Succession: Versailles, 1 March 1774 |
| • | 41— "A Reward So Justly Deserved": Amiens, 15 April 1774 |
| • | 42— Overtures Beyond the Border: Lille, 24 December 1774 |
| • | 43— A Wedding across the Flemish Frontier: Ypres, 28 February 1775 |
| • | 44— Ministerial Mutiny?: Caen, 2 July 1775 |
| • | 45— A Newborn and a Wet Nurse: Rennes, 8 January 1776 |
| • | 46— "Attend, Monsieur, to My Little Interests": Nantes, Summer and Fall 1776 |
| Detractors, Defenses, Dazzling Display |
| • | 47— The Attack: Paris, 5 March 1777 |
| • | 48— Counterattack: "It Is the King Who Pays Me": Evreux, 27 October 1777 |
| • | 49— Courting the Neckers: Paris, 31 December 1777 |
| • | 50— Pandemonium: Le Mans, 11 January 1778 |
| • | 51— The Niece's Rest Cure: Forges-les-Eaux, Spring 1778 |
| • | 52— Class/Mass/Vacation: Angers, 1 July 1778 |
| 4— Delivering the Goods |
| • | 53— Protecting du Coudray's Method: Marly, 7 May 1779 |
| • | 54— Women and Cows: Alfort near Charenton, October 1780 |
| 5— Turning over the Keys |
| • | 55— "My Age and My Infirmities": Bourges, 25 December 1781 |
| • | 56— Family Separation: Belley, 30 December 1782 |
| • | 57— Cunning and Calonne: Paris, 12 July 1785 |
| • | 58— Rumblings and Discontent: Sarlat, March 1787 |
| 6— Citoyenne Midwives and the Revolution |
| • | 59— As the Bastille Falls: Castillonès, 14 July 1789 |
| • | 60— The Lafayette Connection: Paris, Fall 1790 |
| • | 61— What Treasury Will Pay?: Bordeaux, 1 July 1791 |
| • | 62— Mme Coutanceau's Clinic: Bordeaux, 30 August 1793 |
| • | 63— Du Coudray, Casualty of the Terror: Bordeaux, 28 Germinal an II (17 April 1794) |
| Epilogue: Paris and Los Angeles, 1994–1996 |
| Notes |
| • | Prologue: Who Is Mme du Coudray? |
| • | 1— From Private Practice to Public Service |
| • | 2— Saving Babies for France |
| • | 29— New Edition, Strong Words:Périgueux, 4 September 1769 |
| • | 3— Forging Farther Afield— Friends, "Family," and Foes |
| • | 4— Delivering the Goods |
| • | 5— Turning over the Keys |
| • | 6— Citoyenne Midwives and the Revolution |
| • | Epilogue: Paris and Los Angeles, 1994–1996 |
| Abbreviations |
| Bibliography |
| Primary Sources |
| • | Manuscripts |
| Printed Works |
| • | Periodicals |
| • | Other Printed Works |
| • | Secondary Sources |
| Acknowledgments |
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