Articles
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Nursing Thanksgiving
In November 1820, the Reverend John Marsh delivered a Thanksgiving Day sermon in Haddam, Connecticut…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Getting a taste of…
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“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…
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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…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news A history of death…
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Happy Miscarriages: An Emotional History of Pregnancy Loss
An article published earlier this year in Obstetrics and Gynecology exposed Americans’ misunderstandings about miscarriage.…
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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…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news How lobster got fancy.…
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An Interview with Historian Heather Ann Thompson (Part 2)
The second in a two-part interview with historian Heather Ann Thompson, whose seminal article on…
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Mental Health and Criminal Justice in Civil War Kentucky
The Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition (CWG-K) is a cutting-edge digital humanities…
