Articles
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Why the First Woman Matters: Traversing Barriers in the Archives
What started as a straightforward reference question at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)…
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(Still Being) Sent Away: Post-Roe Anti-Abortion Maternity Homes
In the years before Roe v. Wade, and in a context of severe stigma of…
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“I Don’t Have Very Much Faith in Doctors”: Black Women, Reproductive Health, and Black Disability Politics
In January 2022, my Instagram feed was flooded with posts mourning Aubrion Rogers, a 30-year-old…
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Shakespeare Knew What Modern Science Tells Us: Disability Discrimination is Fueled by Disgust
Recently, literary scholars have demonstrated how the works of William Shakespeare can serve as a…
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Wear a Mask or Go to Jail
In the fall of 1918, seven young people were photographed wearing masks lined up near…
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“Better…at the Bottom of the Sea”?: Affect, Agency, and the Archive at Holloway Sanatorium
In August 1889, an English woman named Charlotte S. experienced a depressive episode marked by…
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Announcing the 2023–24 Nursing Clio Writers-in-Residence!
Nursing Clio is thrilled to announce our five Writers-in-Residence for 2023–24: Clement Masakure, Jakob Burnham,…
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Thoughts on “terminal anorexia nervosa”
Eating disorders are complex processes to live with and recover from – I know firsthand…
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A Study of PCOS: Why Are Doctors So Fixated on Fertility?
“The medical industry is always trying to preserve women’s ovaries to have a baby,” lamented…
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The American Murderer: Hookworm Eradication Among “Our Native Born Whites”
In the United States and around the world, public health has taken center stage in…
