Articles
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Fetal Remains, Knowledge, and the Making of Early Modern Monsters
In 1734, scholars at France’s Royal Academy of Medicine encountered something unique: a tiny, nearly…
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Interview with Nursing Clio Prize 2023 Winner Courtney Thompson
Nursing Clio’s fourth annual best article prize went to Courtney E. Thompson, an associate professor…
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Interview with Jesse Olszynko-Gryn, author of A Woman’s Right to Know: Pregnancy Testing in Twentieth-Century Britain
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, it’s clearer than ever how far attention-seeking political…
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Precarity and Pregnancy
When I wrote a dissertation about literary pregnancy, I had never been pregnant. By the…
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The Arrival of Patti: An Opera Singer in Mexico City during the 1890 Influenza Epidemic
Introduction In early January 1890, Mexico City awaited two anticipated events: the spread of a…
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Sex Lives
For those of us who teach pre-modern English history and literature, there’s a conversation that…
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Nursing Clio Presents its Ninth Annual Best of List!
Favorite book: R.E.: In Whose Ruins: Power, Possession, and the Landscapes of American Empire by…
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Money in the Archives: Collection and Recollection
John Money’s archives pulled me in like a tractor beam. I cannot remember when or…
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Life Before Conception: Gamete Personhood in the Wake of Dobbs
In a shocking 2023 Oklahoma District Court ruling, lesbian mother Kris Williams lost custody of…
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The Miscarriage of Frida Kahlo
To say that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the world’s most recognizable artists is…
