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“They say that all women have the same apprehension”: Anxiety and Isolation in Seventeenth-Century Pregnancy – Nursing Clio
On August 19th, 1620, a young noblewoman sat alone in her château in Bayon, Lorraine. She was heavily pregnant with her first child, her isolation heightening her fears of the impending delivery. S…
Politics in Practice: A Review of Judith A. Houck, Looking Through the Speculum: Examining the Women’s Health Movement (U Chicago Press, 2024) – Nursing Clio
In Looking Through the Speculum: Examining the Women’s Health Movement (University of Chicago Press, 2024) Judith A. Houck provides a timely analysis of how late-twentieth-century feminists challen…
Challenging the “Great Man” Narrative: Imagining the Voices of Women in the History of Sex and Reproduction – Nursing Clio
Historians of marginalized groups face a common problem: the people about whom they want to write often did not leave written records of their lives and experiences. Or, if they did, their voices a…
“The Relationship Between Public Morals and Public Toilets”: Christine Jorgensen and the Birth of Trans Bathroom Panic – Nursing Clio
Christine Jorgensen was used to unwelcome attention, but this was a new level of outrage. After undergoing hormone therapy and surgeries in Copenhagen, the 27-year-old Danish-American had returned …