Nursing Clio
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A collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day political, social, and cultural issues surrounding gender and medicine.
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Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.
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A toast to @nursingclio.bsky.social and the "Nursing Clio Reader!" Pick up your copy today!
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
A toast to @nursingclio.bsky.social and the "Nursing Clio Reader!" Pick up your copy today!
There is still time to register for the NC Reader virtual celebration! The night will include a trivia game; brief remarks from the Executive Editors; and a toast to the writers and editors who made this whole project possible.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
There is still time to register for the NC Reader virtual celebration! The night will include a trivia game; brief remarks from the Executive Editors; and a toast to the writers and editors who made this whole project possible.
Register by Sunday at 12pm ET: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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As Hannah Hicks explores in her latest @nursingclio.bsky.social piece, the history of birthmarks is far more complex than one would think:
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Marked: Birthmarks and Historical Myths of Maternal Responsibility
“You ate a lot of strawberries when you were pregnant with that baby, didn’t you?” When I was a child, my mother heard this exasperating refrain from complete strangers. Shortly a…
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December 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
As Hannah Hicks explores in her latest @nursingclio.bsky.social piece, the history of birthmarks is far more complex than one would think:
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For #WorldAIDSDay here’s my essay about the 72 Hours episode of The Golden Girls that I wrote for @nursingclio.bsky.social Still one of the most important sitcom episodes ever (not to mention one of my favorite things I’ve written).
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Deconstructing HIV and AIDS on The Golden Girls
In 1990, the much-beloved sitcom, The Golden Girls — a show about four older women, Rose, Blanche, Dorothy, and Sophia, living together in Miami, Florida — was in its fifth season. On F…
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December 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
For #WorldAIDSDay here’s my essay about the 72 Hours episode of The Golden Girls that I wrote for @nursingclio.bsky.social Still one of the most important sitcom episodes ever (not to mention one of my favorite things I’ve written).
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Need some light reading for the evening? Check out @jakobburnham.bsky.social's recently published interview with @nursingclio.bsky.social 2025 Article Prize winners Lisa Smith and Cathy McClive, who wrote a fab analysis of medical businesswomen in 18th c France 🇫🇷
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Interview with Nursing Clio Prize 2025 Winners, Lisa Smith and Cathy McClive
Nursing Clio’s sixth annual best article prize competition was awarded to Cathy McClive, Ben Weider Professor in French Revolutionary Studies and Professor of History at Florida State University, a…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Need some light reading for the evening? Check out @jakobburnham.bsky.social's recently published interview with @nursingclio.bsky.social 2025 Article Prize winners Lisa Smith and Cathy McClive, who wrote a fab analysis of medical businesswomen in 18th c France 🇫🇷
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We’re having a book party and you should join us!! We’re raffling prizes for anyone who registers. Our party will feature NC trivia as well as speeches from our fantastic editors. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Nursing Clio Reader CELEBRATION!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Nursing Clio Reader CELEBRATION!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We’re having a book party and you should join us!! We’re raffling prizes for anyone who registers. Our party will feature NC trivia as well as speeches from our fantastic editors. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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If you buy The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader directly from RUP, get 30% off with code RUP30. 🧡
November 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
If you buy The @nursingclio.bsky.social Reader directly from RUP, get 30% off with code RUP30. 🧡
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Want accessible, yet scholarly essays on the histories of sex, reproduction, and justice?get a copy of The Nursing Clio Reader! A perfect stocking stuffer!
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November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Want accessible, yet scholarly essays on the histories of sex, reproduction, and justice?get a copy of The Nursing Clio Reader! A perfect stocking stuffer!
www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/the-nursing-...
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Today for NC, @jakobburnham.bsky.social interviews our 2025 NC Prize winners! Read the fantastic interview here: nursingclio.org/2025/11/26/i...
Interview with Nursing Clio Prize 2025 Winners, Lisa Smith and Cathy McClive
Nursing Clio’s sixth annual best article prize competition was awarded to Cathy McClive, Ben Weider Professor in French Revolutionary Studies and Professor of History at Florida State University, a…
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November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Today for NC, @jakobburnham.bsky.social interviews our 2025 NC Prize winners! Read the fantastic interview here: nursingclio.org/2025/11/26/i...
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Did you know there was a time when fandoms constituted medical conditions? (I didn't)
Diana Anselmo, one of this year's @nursingclio.bsky.social Writers in Residence, explains what happened in this newest piece!
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Diana Anselmo, one of this year's @nursingclio.bsky.social Writers in Residence, explains what happened in this newest piece!
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“Filmitis”: When Movie Fandom Became a Medical Condition
In 1916, when Hollywood cinema first emerged, “filmitis” debuted in US cultural debate as “the most modern of diseases, the last cry in pathology.” Likened to an infection “over which physicians an…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Did you know there was a time when fandoms constituted medical conditions? (I didn't)
Diana Anselmo, one of this year's @nursingclio.bsky.social Writers in Residence, explains what happened in this newest piece!
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Diana Anselmo, one of this year's @nursingclio.bsky.social Writers in Residence, explains what happened in this newest piece!
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Had a great time visiting the @askhistorians.bsky.social podcast, alongside @jackiantonovich.bsky.social and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social, to talk about The Nursing Clio Reader! 🗃️
Our first podcast episode with @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Learn more about our new book here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Had a great time visiting the @askhistorians.bsky.social podcast, alongside @jackiantonovich.bsky.social and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social, to talk about The Nursing Clio Reader! 🗃️
Our first podcast episode with @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Learn more about our new book here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
From the AskHistorians community on Reddit
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November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Our first podcast episode with @askhistorians.bsky.social is live! Learn more about our new book here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...
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Great new @nursingclio.bsky.social essay on 20th-century women's healthcare in Colorado!
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“Working for Our Lives:” How One Colorado Women’s Clinic Redefined Healthcare Amid Conservative Backlash.
In 2022 the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, putting safe and legal abortion on the chopping block around the country. The current administration cut most of the CDC’s Division of Reproductive…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Great new @nursingclio.bsky.social essay on 20th-century women's healthcare in Colorado!
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New post on #FindTheMidwife today. Sasha Turner talks with us about a 17th century enslaved Barbadian midwife. www.findthemidwife.com/sasha-turner. Thanks Dr. Turner!
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New post on #FindTheMidwife today. Sasha Turner talks with us about a 17th century enslaved Barbadian midwife. www.findthemidwife.com/sasha-turner. Thanks Dr. Turner!
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When I talk about academic blogs that demonstrate the capacity of that form, I lead with @nursingclio.bsky.social. When I think of academics who model the potential of the para-academic pathway, I think of @lmansley.bsky.social. Anyway, read this.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When I talk about academic blogs that demonstrate the capacity of that form, I lead with @nursingclio.bsky.social. When I think of academics who model the potential of the para-academic pathway, I think of @lmansley.bsky.social. Anyway, read this.
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ICYMI earlier: I wrote about how much the @nursingclio.bsky.social community and our recent book has meant to me.
I got a bit personal in #AHAPerspectives this month. On quitting grad school, co-editing a book, and still being a historian without the PhD. 🗃️
A Dream Realized – AHA
Leaving academia doesn’t mean leaving behind disciplinary dreams.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ICYMI earlier: I wrote about how much the @nursingclio.bsky.social community and our recent book has meant to me.
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A beautiful reflection from my dear friend @lmansley.bsky.social about the role @nursingclio.bsky.social played in her history career after she left her PhD program. NC has been such a pivotal experience in so many of our lives, and I’m so very grateful for it. www.historians.org/perspectives...
A Dream Realized – AHA
Leaving academia doesn’t mean leaving behind disciplinary dreams.
www.historians.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A beautiful reflection from my dear friend @lmansley.bsky.social about the role @nursingclio.bsky.social played in her history career after she left her PhD program. NC has been such a pivotal experience in so many of our lives, and I’m so very grateful for it. www.historians.org/perspectives...
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features Chelsea Gibson's new interview with film director Andy Kirschner about his latest film, "Sex Radicals."
We're getting a free screening of the film right here in St. Louis...
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features Chelsea Gibson's new interview with film director Andy Kirschner about his latest film, "Sex Radicals."
We're getting a free screening of the film right here in St. Louis...
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A New Film about Ida Craddock: An Interview with the Director
A new docu-drama about reproductive freedom and women’s rights, Sex Radical chronicles the life of Ida Craddock (1857-1902), a feminist, spiritualist, and sex educator. Craddock frequently ran afou…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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features Chelsea Gibson's new interview with film director Andy Kirschner about his latest film, "Sex Radicals."
We're getting a free screening of the film right here in St. Louis...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/30/a...
features Chelsea Gibson's new interview with film director Andy Kirschner about his latest film, "Sex Radicals."
We're getting a free screening of the film right here in St. Louis...
nursingclio.org/2025/10/30/a...
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Rarely seen due to its age and rarity, a 500-year-old birthing girdle is currently on display at the Wellcome Collection.
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A rare medieval scroll to protect mothers during chilldbirth has gone on display
Rarely seen due to its age and rarity, a 500-year-old birthing girdle is currently on display at the Wellcome Collection.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Rarely seen due to its age and rarity, a 500-year-old birthing girdle is currently on display at the Wellcome Collection.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-m...
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I was lucky to publish something with the amazing @nursingclio.bsky.social team. However, it’s not about positive developments.
This may be a bit late - big scary server thing took us offline! - but glad to publish this essay. Briggs considers the development of autism diagnoses & how it shaped autistic peoples' lives very differently in the US and France. #histmed #dishist @nursingclio.bsky.social 🗃️https://wp.me/p6hgwQ-9hG
Transatlantic Diagnostics: A Tale of Divergences in the History of Autism
A comparative analysis of how France and the United States have scientifically investigated autism over the course of the later twentieth century has much to teach us about how practices of scienti…
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October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I was lucky to publish something with the amazing @nursingclio.bsky.social team. However, it’s not about positive developments.
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This may be a bit late - big scary server thing took us offline! - but glad to publish this essay. Briggs considers the development of autism diagnoses & how it shaped autistic peoples' lives very differently in the US and France. #histmed #dishist @nursingclio.bsky.social 🗃️https://wp.me/p6hgwQ-9hG
Transatlantic Diagnostics: A Tale of Divergences in the History of Autism
A comparative analysis of how France and the United States have scientifically investigated autism over the course of the later twentieth century has much to teach us about how practices of scienti…
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October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This may be a bit late - big scary server thing took us offline! - but glad to publish this essay. Briggs considers the development of autism diagnoses & how it shaped autistic peoples' lives very differently in the US and France. #histmed #dishist @nursingclio.bsky.social 🗃️https://wp.me/p6hgwQ-9hG
Hey folks! You make have noticed that you can’t access our site today. We are experiencing an issue with our server and are looking into it. We will let you know when it’s back up!
October 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hey folks! You make have noticed that you can’t access our site today. We are experiencing an issue with our server and are looking into it. We will let you know when it’s back up!
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Shout out to @sarahbelle721.bsky.social who wrote the @nursingclio.bsky.social article I use here. Her book gets a nice cameo too! 🗃️
Saw the Try Guys do a ghost hunt at a historic asylum & Zac’s comments about ghost stories & ableism had me thinking about a fav @nursingclio.bsky.social article, “ghosts are scary, disabled people are not”
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Let’s talk #disability #history and #haunted asylums this spooky season #historytok #disabilitytiktok @The Try Guys @Zach Kornfeld @Project Fear @Sam and Colby
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October 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Shout out to @sarahbelle721.bsky.social who wrote the @nursingclio.bsky.social article I use here. Her book gets a nice cameo too! 🗃️
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The always great @sacrobosco.bsky.social is on @nursingclio.bsky.social today.
Trump, Tylenol, and 2000 Years of Bad Advice
On Monday, September 22, President Trump, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stated that pregnant women should not take Tylenol because fetal exposure to acetaminophen causes autism…
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October 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The always great @sacrobosco.bsky.social is on @nursingclio.bsky.social today.
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"The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice" Edited by The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective
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#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HealthHistory #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #Healthcare #RoevWade
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#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HealthHistory #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #Healthcare #RoevWade
October 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice" Edited by The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective
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#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HealthHistory #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #Healthcare #RoevWade
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#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #HealthHistory #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights #ReproductiveHealth #Healthcare #RoevWade