© AlamyThe Royal College of Midwives (RCM) said 82.2 per cent of midwives were prepared to take action.
The four-hour walkout would be the first in the group's 133-year history.
NHS Employers said the decision was "regrettable" and could worry pregnant women.
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) insisted that no mothers or babies would be put at risk and said midwives will still be there for women giving birth.
Ante-natal and post-natal appointments will be targeted by the action, scheduled to start at 7am on Monday, 13th October.
Midwives will join NHS members of the Unison and Unite unions, who have already voted in favour of strike action scheduled for the same day.
Last week the unions Unison and Unite, which represent nearly 400,000 workers between them, voted in favour of a strike. Their actions will target non-urgent and non-emergency services, meaning hospital outpatient appointments and community clinics could be affected.
The RCM said 82.2 per cent of its members voted to say they were prepared to take part in the strike, while 17.8 per cent were not. More than 94 per cent of midwives say they are prepared to take part in action short of a strike.
The turnout of those eligible to vote was 49.4 per cent.
The yes vote follows the rejection by employers of the Independent NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) recommendation of a 1 per cent pay rise for NHS staff.
In Scotland, the recommendation was agreed to in full. Wales is doing the same as England, but has given extra money to the lowest paid.
Cathy Warwick, RCM chief executive said: "This is a resounding yes from our members. It could not send a clearer signal about the level of discontent on this issue to those denying them a very modest 1 per cent pay increase."
She said the RCM would meet with NHS employers to discuss the action and ensure that no mothers or babies were put at any risk.
"Our members have suffered three years of pay restraint and face the prospect that their pay in 2016 will only be 1 per cent higher than it was in 2010.The recommendations from all public sector pay review bodies have been followed except those for health workers. This is not acceptable. There is still time to come back to the negotiating table and to take a more reasonable position on the PRB recommendation," she said.
"The RCM will be meeting with employers to discuss our action and to ensure that mothers and babies are not put at any risk. I want to reassure women expecting a baby that midwives will continue to look after them and that they will be safe."
Gill Bellord, director of employment relations at NHS Employers said: "It is regrettable that members of the Royal College of Midwives have agreed to take industrial action along with some of the other NHS trades unions.
"Employers will be concerned that this industrial action could worry pregnant women.
"However we welcome indications from the RCM that its members will continue to provide cover on maternity wards and work with local employers now to ensure that services can be maintained safely on the day of the proposed action."
Council workers will strike on October 14 and civil servants a day later in separate disputes with the coalition.
The three days of strikes in October will be followed by other forms of industrial action, as well as a national demonstration on October 18 organised by the TUC, under the banner, Britain Needs A Pay Rise.
Several unions are now organising strikes against the Government's public sector policies on pay, jobs, and services, while disputes involving firefighters and teachers remain unresolved.
The three days of strikes in October will be followed by other forms of industrial action, as well as a national demonstration on October 18 organised by the TUC, under the banner, Britain Needs A Pay Rise.
A Department of Health spokesman said: "We are disappointed that RCM is planning industrial action and has rejected our proposals to give NHS staff at least 1 per cent additional pay this year and at least a further 1 per cent next year.
"NHS staff are our greatest asset, and we've increased the NHS budget to pay for thousands more clinical staff since 2010, including more than 1,700 more midwives since May 2010. We want to protect these increases and cannot afford a pay rise on top of increments - which disproportionately reward the highest earners - without risking frontline jobs."
"We remain keen to meet with the unions to discuss how we can work together to make the NHS pay system fairer."
A spokesman for NHS England said: "NHS organisations have tried and tested plans to deal with a range of disruptions including industrial action.We are working with the NHS to ensure there are robust plans for October 13 that protect the safety, welfare and service provided to patients."
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