Crossword Clue:

a woman who assists in childbirth

AnswerCrossword Clue
ANOLD"There was ... woman who lived in a shoe . . . "
ELEANORRIGBYTitle woman of song who "lives in a dream"
PERCY"When a Man Loves a Woman" singer Sledge who died in April 2015
UNDERFOOTStatus of the children of the old woman who lived in a shoe.
LOLACharmer who "walks like a woman and talks like a man," in a 1970 hit
TRUTHSojourner ... (women's-rights activist who asked "Ain't I a woman?" in a famous 1851 speech)
JENNYWoman in a 1982 hit who can be reached using the starts of the answers to the starred clues