“No-Tell Motels”: Abortion in Pre-Roe South Carolina Cara Delay, Nursing Clio, Cora Webb, Nursing Clio, Regina Day, Nursing Clio and Madeleine Ware, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine, Society & Culture “Charleston was the place to come before Roe v. Wade, for abortions.” Reminiscing about illegal abortion in South Carolina in the 1960s and early 1970s, this woman in her 60s, an oral history narrator,...
Teenage Feminism Decades before “Girl Power” Kera Lovell Politics & Economics As civil disobedience in schools escalated in the postwar era, teenage girls began to assert their political identities more vociferously by joining movements for civil rights, free speech, and against...
Fantasy and Folklore in Childbirth Narratives Cara Delay, Nursing Clio Science & Medicine Before the age of Facebook and parenting blogs, how did women exchange knowledge and beliefs about reproduction? Without What to Expect When You’re Expecting, how did society and “experts” tell women...
Instead of “Work-Life Balance,” Try This New Framework Laurie Cohen and Jo Duberley Arts & Culture, Gender Studies We first began researching the field of careers more than a quarter of a century ago. Back then the idea of “work-life balance” was in its infancy and had almost no resonance at all among women, who were...
Me, Me, Me: Millennials, Midwives, and the Ongoing History of Female Self-Care Sarah Patterson Arts & Culture, Gender Studies, Medicine Several articles from reputable sources such as NPR and The Guardian have recently focused on the millennial generation’s supposed obsession with self-care. On the surface, this trend seems to fit nicely...
Are Women’s Workspaces Really Their Own? Laurie Cohen Arts & Culture Five years ago, in a survey conducted by ABC News and People Magazine, I Love Lucy was crowned the best TV show of all time. Given that most attempts to gauge public opinion nowadays uncover sentiments firmly...
It’s Time to Take Nature to Task Jessica Martucci Arts & Culture, Gender Studies, Science & Medicine In March of this year, one of my respected colleagues and I published a short essay in Pediatrics in which we critiqued the use of “nature” in public health campaigns, specifically regarding breastfeeding...
