“You ate a lot of strawberries when you were pregnant with that baby, didn’t you?” When I was a child, […]
“Working for Our Lives:” How One Colorado Women’s Clinic Redefined Healthcare Amid Conservative Backlash.
In 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, putting safe and legal abortion on the chopping block around the […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
This Week’s Telling the Bees: The Uncertain Future of Midwives in TX Hand Her the Keys Why Can’t I Say […]
Interview with Nursing Clio Prize 2024 Honorable Mention Cara Delay
For Nursing Clio’s fifth annual best article prize competition, we awarded an honorable mention to Cara Delay, Professor in Women’s […]
Mach 10 with Her Hair on Fire
Over the last 13 years, my mom went from a fast-moving and passionate high school teacher often described as “Mach […]
Call in the Midwife: Gendered Medical Knowledge and Colonial Intermediaries in French India
On October 29th, 1743 at seven o’clock in the morning in the city of Pondichéry–a former French colony in South […]
Listening to Women Nurses and Caretakers: A Case Study from the Smallpox Epidemic Among North Carolina Moravians
As we reflect on how COVID-19 continues to shape society, the centrality of nursing during health care emergencies becomes clear. […]
The Strange Nostalgia of Childbirth
Nostalgia inflects modern childbirth. When I first became pregnant, back in August 2022, I joined a few Facebook groups dedicated […]
The Intimate History of Confinement
From the first page, it’s clear that Dr. Jessica Cox’s Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain […]
Trans Pregnancy and TikTok Activism: A Shifting Conversation
“Is society ready for this pregnant husband?” was the subheading of Thomas Beatie’s 2008 essay about his pregnancy. Mr. Beatie […]
