The Midwife Who Delivered a Town’s Future and Was Erased From Its Past The story in this video is based on real Georgia midwives like Mary Francis Hill Coley from Albany, who delivered hundreds of babies in the 1940s–50s and trained others across the state. “Miss Celia” in the script represents women like her whose names didn’t make it into the history books. Reclaiming the past Forgotten resistance Voices of resilience Challenging the narrative Buried but not erased Truth beneath the moss Traci

Second lady Usha Vance visits with schoolchildren in Canton, Georgia, emphasizes importance of reading