Between 1977 and 2000 , she published the quarterly magazine Birth Gazette .
Gaskin has been credited with the emergence and popularization of direct - entry midwifery ( i.e. not training as a nurse first ) in the United States since the early 1970s .
Between 1977 and 2000 , Gaskin published the quarterly magazine Birth Gazette .
Gaskin has been credited with the emergence and popularization of direct - entry midwifery ( i.e. not training as a nurse first ) in the United States since the early 1970s .