[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]1917  Delivery Room at the Newark Maternity After World War I, especially in urban areas, pregnant women increasingly opted for giving birth under the care of a female or male physician in a hospital, rather than at home attended by a midwife or family doctor.[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]