A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Bearded ladies on display. Menus of the 1850s and […]
The Paradox of Thanksgiving
With its odd combination of tradition and invention, its appeals to the past and to the future, its ancestor worship […]
Nursing Thanksgiving
In November 1820, the Reverend John Marsh delivered a Thanksgiving Day sermon in Haddam, Connecticut that couldn’t have been more […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Getting a taste of Pilgrim life. Stonewall’s contested history. […]
“She Looks the Abortionist and the Bad Woman”: Sensation, Physiognomy, and Misogyny in Abortion Discourse
In November of 1866, a minor sensation rocked the Albany area following the death of the young widow Elizabeth Dunham, […]
The History of a Wrist: When Historians Fall Over
In mid-September, I fell over my back door step and landed on my wrist. The pain was so bad it […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of death midwives. 6 jokes from 19th […]
Happy Miscarriages: An Emotional History of Pregnancy Loss
An article published earlier this year in Obstetrics and Gynecology exposed Americans’ misunderstandings about miscarriage. A team of researchers asked […]
Yes, I’m a Wife, But You Can Call Me the “Current Supporting Spouse”
The year my second son was born, I went to work, and my husband stayed home. It was the most […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news How lobster got fancy. The man who invented relaxation. […]
