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Beauty, Knowledge, Patriarchy, Power: A Book Review of Jill Burke’s How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity (Pegasus Books, 2024) – Nursing Clio
Somewhere in Missouri, Spring 2025: It’s morning, and I’m rushing to pack a stack of books, notes, and binders into my stylishly tiny and oh-so-impractical backpack and get to class. Before braving…
Lo de la colza: Mass poisoning, state neglect, and corruption after the Spanish Transition – Nursing Clio
Culinary rapeseed oil – or canola oil – is a staple in many parts of the world. It has a neutral flavor, it is on the healthy side as far as cooking oils go, and it is cheaper than olive and sunflo…
“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…