By Danielle Calle and Sarah Eilers ~ The film A Question of Justice documents in powerful images and words the work of female attorneys and
Tag: Women’s History
Revealing Data: Reflections on the APGAR Score
By Kelly West ~ When I consider that I was once a sickly, premature baby brought into this world while my mother was on the
Historical Films on Population Health and Family Planning
By Sarah Eilers ~ The National Library of Medicine has a rich new set of digital resources for researchers interested in the history of global
What History Reveals: Slavery and the Development of U.S. Gynecology
An interview with Deirdre Cooper Owens, PhD on her NLM History Talk and her research on Dr. James Marion Sims and the history of American medicine and slavery.
Inez Holmes, Nurse and Veteran
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Kiana Wilkerson, Katherine Randall, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to share their research on World War II veteran and
Dissecting Gender: Reframing Anatomical History Through the Female Body
An interview with Allison Hill-Edgar, MD, MFA on her NLM History Talk and her work related to connections between early anatomical works and contemporary medical practice.
Elizabeth Blackwell: “That Girl There Is Doctor In Medicine” Part II
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell’s birth. As the first woman to receive an M.D. degree from an American medical school,
Placing Women in Medicine: Maude Abbott and the Archaeology of Friendships
An interview with Annmarie Adams, PhD on her NLM History Talk and her research in the Emanuel Libman Papers at NLM.
Elizabeth Blackwell: “That Girl There Is Doctor In Medicine” Part I
As the first woman to receive an MD degree from an American medical school, Blackwell overcame many obstacles and laid a foundation for American women physicians.
Rise, Serve, Lead… And Publish
Circulating Now interviewed Ashley Bowen, Ph.D., about her NLM History Talk “Rise, Serve, Lead… And Publish: Including Women Physicians’ Writings in Rise, Serve, Lead: America’s Women Physicians.”