In 2008, the government of Bermuda erected its very first monument to an enslaved person. The “Sally Bassett Memorial Statue” […]
The Devastation of Peace: Otilia Noeckel and the Army Nurse Corps after the Great War
“I just adore the work I am doing right now. I am on a dressing team with another nurse and […]
Gilded Age Decadence and Decay: A Review of The Alienist
I’ve been pretty excited about the coming of TNT’s adaptation of Caleb Carr’s The Alienist since the announcement last summer. […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Under Victorian microscopes. When poop becomes medicine. The racist […]
Health Care in Colonial Peruvian Convents
Last May I had the opportunity to conduct archival research in Arequipa, Peru. I went in search of fodder for […]
The Weight of the Presidency
In early January, President Trump had a physical exam at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a periodic rite for US […]
Sunday Morning Medicine
A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news Selling American vigor. Every president’s health ranked. Slavery and […]
Medicina/Medicine: A Special Nursing Clio Series on Latin America and the Caribbean
When I started writing for Nursing Clio in late 2014, I was excited to bring a Latin American focus to […]
Gender, Health, & Marginalization: National Responses to HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and Jamaica
After conducting Fulbright research on the cultural politics of HIV/AIDS in Jamaican women’s lives, I became interested in exploring how […]
Explicit: Censorship, Sexology, and Sexuality in Independent Ireland
When the Irish Free State created the Censorship of Publications Board in 1929, they were arguably asserting their independence.1 By […]
