The Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, will host its eighth annual
History of Women’s Health Conference on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. We
invite interested persons to send a one to two page proposal or abstract
of your topic by Friday, November 2, 2012 for consideration. The
History of Women’s Health Conference focuses on areas of women’s health
from the 18th century to the present. This conference encourages
interdisciplinary work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to, obstetrics and gynecology (fertility, infertility, birth control
methods, menopause), adolescence (health, cultural influences, body
image, puberty, eating disorders), mental health topics, aging concerns,
women’s health as consumer health, the female as conveyed in popular
culture, overall women’s health, access to health care, minority health,
nursing, midwifery, female healers, and more.
Jacqueline H. Wolf, PhD, professor of the history of medicine,
Department of Social Medicine at the Ohio University Heritage College of
Osteopathic Medicine will be our keynote speaker, presenting “Cutting
Risk: Obstetricians’ Evolving Views of Cesarean Sections, 1870-2010”.
She is the author of Deliver Me from Pain: Anesthesia and Birth in
America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009) and Don’t Kill Your Baby:
Public Health and the Decline of Breastfeeding in the 19th and 20th
Centuries (Ohio State University Press, 2001).
The History of Women’s Health Conference began in 2006 as part of the
Pennsylvania Hospital’s celebration of co-founder Benjamin Franklin’s
tercentenary. Each year since, scholars from the humanities and health
care professionals gather to discuss the past, present, and future state
of women’s health. The conference is jointly sponsored by the
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department and the Pennsylvania Hospital
Historic Collection.
Please e-mail your one to two page proposals to:
Stacey C Peeples, Curator-Lead Archivist, Pennsylvania Hospital
peepless@pahosp.com
Please call (215-829-5434) or e-mail with any questions or for more
information.
Stacey C Peeples
Curator-Lead Archivist Pennsylvania Hospital
800 Spruce St., 3 Pine East, Philadelphia, PA 19107
v 215-829-5434 e-mail stacey.peeples@uphs.upenn.edu
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/