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To Sophia on Her Sixth Birthday. With Love, Your Feminist Historian Mom
Happy Birthday baby girl! Today you are six. It really does seem like yesterday that…
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Breast is Best… in Art?
Breasts are everywhere in popular culture. This is nothing new. And yet I’ve been struck…
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Let’s Talk About Sex…. But Only If We Really Have To…
This may come as a shock to some of you, but I have a difficult…
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The Baby in the Double Helix
Part 1 in a series on genetic counseling What makes for a healthy baby? Is…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
The history of the wandering womb. Presidential courtships throughout history. What day of the week…
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Paul Ryan? Really???
This morning Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate. Now, I…
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Adventures in the Archives: “Trust Me, You Won’t Feel a Thing”
Welcome to our new regular feature, “Adventures in the Archives!” In this reoccurring series, Nursing…
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See Sally Menstruate
It may come as no surprise that a few of us here at Nursing Clio…
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Sunday Morning Medicine
Awesome Abe Lincoln. Kids’ chemistry sets used to be way cooler (and way more dangerous)!…
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“I’m Not a Feminist, But . . . I’m Taking This Class.”
I am currently teaching an upper-division undergraduate course on the history of women in the…
