In January 1833, an author known only as O’G published their musings on the Irish funeral cry, or caoine, in […]
“ES LEY”: Argentina Legalizes Abortion
The flashing words “ES LEY” (It’s law!) marked the occasion: on December 30, 2020, Argentina’s Senate voted 38-29,with one abstention, […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Defoe and the Plague Year. Isn’t she good—for a […]
African Americans, Slavery, and Nursing in the US South
In 2016, a statue of Jamaican-born nurse and businesswoman Mary Seacole was erected outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Seacole’s […]
Death by Proxy: What Twentieth-Century Infant Mortality Discourses in Brazil Can Tell Us About COVID-19
When the global death toll of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic surpassed one million in late September, the United States and […]
Oscillating and Depreciating: Early Modern Spanish Views of Unsanctioned Female Healers
Antonio asks, “Do you believe that God will burn all of the sinners forever and ever when they die?” “Si,” […]
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A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news When the waltz went solo. A year of intersex […]
