Articles
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‘The Moral Ideas of the Community’: Censorship and Irish-Catholic Nation Building
Though Ireland has never had an official state religion, Catholicism played a prominent role in…
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The US Department of Health and Human Services: Its Importance in the Past and Present
We, as historians of medicine, express our support for the federal agencies and regulations that…
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We Present Our TENTH Best of List
It’s been a year, folks. And for the tenth year in a row, we crowd-sourced…
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Gone to China: Risk and Reward in the Travel Diaries of Martha Foster Crawford
Martha Foster Crawford thought that she would literally die. Hagiographical stories of missionary wives who…
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I’ll Be Right Here: Disability Intimacy & Medical Trauma in E.T.
Steven Spielberg’s 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was an integral part of my family’s classic movies,…
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Periods on the Table: Taking stock of the menstrual equity movement in Canada
In Canada, it seems that “period” is no longer a dirty word. Since the Canadian…
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“The Relationship Between Public Morals and Public Toilets”: Christine Jorgensen and the Birth of Trans Bathroom Panic
Christine Jorgensen was used to unwelcome attention, but this was a new level of outrage.…
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Mach 10 with Her Hair on Fire
Over the last 13 years, my mom went from a fast-moving and passionate high school…
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A Good Death: The Modern Hospice Movement
“She was at home, this is where she wanted to be. It wasn’t easy, but…
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Come What May, We Go Down Voting
Eight years ago, the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective prepared the post below, anticipating that Hillary…
