Articles
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Clio Reads: Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States: A History of a Medical Treatment
By Carrie Adkins Many Americans think of female circumcision and clitoridectomy as cultural or religious…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
By Jacqueline Antonovich -Love in post-war Italy. -Frederick Douglass in Ireland. -1930s predictions for the…
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Agency and Abortion in Brazil
Two women’s deaths resulting from clandestine abortions recently shocked the city of Rio de Janeiro,…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
By Jacqueline Antonovich -The Christmas truce of 1914. -Did Nazis celebrate Christmas? -The not-so-nice history…
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Clio Talks: with Astrid Henry
Today we have something a bit different: an interview with Professor Astrid Henry by Nursing…
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Clio Reads: A Review of Feminism Unfinished
In Feminism Unfinished: A Short, Surprising History of American Women’s Movements, historians Dorothy Sue Cobble,…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
By Jacqueline Antonovich -The Harrison Act at 100. -The history behind Monopoly. -Sitting in radioactive…
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The Nanny State on Your Plate?
In late November, the FDA finalized new rules for calorie counts on menus. In about…
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Yes Virginia, Feminism Left Christmas Alone
By Cheryl Lemus As I write this blog post, I am recovering from an intense…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
By Jacqueline Antonovich -Sinister Santas. -The Titanic of the Golden Gate. -A Victorian sanitary picture…
