Mrs. Maude Callen.
"In the most special way, she is probably the greatest person I have been privileged to know: combining a marvelous wisdom and compassion, a strength of true humility and true pride, all given direction through knowledge and purpose in a sheer beautiful balance."
-- W. Eugene Smith, photograher
Taking the trek to see a patient.
Children take away food that Mrs. Callen had brought them. 
Mrs. Callen helps a blind man in the store.
When Smith's story on Mrs. Callen appeared in Life magazine, contributions to her work poured in. With that money, $227,000 in all, Mrs. Callen and her husband built a clinic.
Maude Callen Part 1
Maude Callen Part 2
Maude Callen Part 3
Maude Callen Part 4
Maude Callen Part 5
What a beautiful woman Mrs. Maude Callen was. I am glad you posted Mr. Smith's photos and his description of her:
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-- W. Eugene Smith, photograher
Her work reminds me of the midwives in this documentary filmed in Mozambique, "Birth of a Surgeon":
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/birth-of-a-surgeon/video-full-episode/1795/
Donna