History of Science – 'Why She Becomes Insane So Often:' Women and Health in Rural Iowa, 1900–1940.
Jennifer L. Gunn
Tuesday, 23 Mar 2004 at 8:00 pm – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
Jennifer L. Gunn is Assistant Professor in the University of Minnesota History of Medicine Program. Her publications include "A Few Good Men: The Rockefellers and Population Studies," in Theresa Richardson and Donald Fisher, eds. The Development of the Social Sciences in the US and Canada: The Role of Philanthropy,and "Factory Work for Doctors," in Transactions and Studies of the Collge of Physicians of Philadelphia, and she is at work on a book on the history of rural medical practice in twentieth-century America. She received her masters and doctorate in History and the Sociology of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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