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Tuberculean Chic: How the White Plague Shaped Beauty Standards in the 18th and 19th Centuries
What was it about TB that started a fashion standard? Everything! #histmed #podcast
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Communists and Uteruses: How the Soviet Union and People’s Republic of China Sought to Control Women’s Reproduction
There is something fascinating about the history of reproductive rights, contraception, and abortion in every country and ideology that we’ve looked at in our women’s reproductive rights series. This week we’re turning to the impact of Read more…
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Fascism and Uteruses
Averill and Marissa discuss abortion and birth control in 20th century Japan and Germany.
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Abortion and Birth Control before Roe v. Wade
Download this episode (right click and save) At the Women’s Marches across the U.S. on January 21st, there were hundreds–maybe thousands–of women in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who held up signs that conveyed their Read more…
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Early American Family Limitation
Sarah and Elizabeth discuss methods of family limitation in Early America. Just in case you need some tips.
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Family Limitation in the Pre-Modern World
Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.