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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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Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · Sep 9
Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.
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Today for NC @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social reviews the Museum of Art and Design’s exhibit “Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break our Births” nursingclio.org/2026/01/14/t...
The Design of Motherhood: MAD’s Exhibition is Personal and Profound
A friend of mine, a Catholic priest, says that everyone cries at weddings, but each for their own reason. Some are thinking of their own happy marriage and feeling nostalgic for their own wedding d…
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January 14, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social
Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!
January 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Nominations are now open for the @nursingclio.bsky.social Prize for Best Journal Article, an award for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and medical histories in English. Self-nominations are encouraged! 🗃️
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Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article The Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article is awarded annually for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and…
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January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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New motherhood exhibit review by @larafreidenfelds.bsky.social for @nursingclio.bsky.social!

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January 14, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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We do love some good pop culture!

If you've got a pop culture piece you'd like to write for NC - or just want to share some of your recent research - submit a pitch to ring in the new year: nursingclio.org/write-for-us...
nursingclio.bsky.social Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social · 19d
It’s time for our annual best of 2025. Here you’ll find book recs for your 2026 reading lists, a 🔥🔥🔥 TV series about Canadian hockey enemies-to-lovers, and a banger album that’ll make you laugh and cry. nursingclio.org/2026/01/01/n...
Nursing Clio Presents Its ELEVENTH Annual Best of List!
Every December the Nursing Clio editorial collective – an all-volunteer staff – gather our Best Of recommendations for the year past. We don’t need to tell you that 2025 has been …
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January 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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H-Science, Medicine, and Technology (H-SMT) is looking to recruit new editors and advisory board members.

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Screenshot of the page that the URL in the post points to: H-Science, Medicine, and Technology (H-SMT) is looking to recruit new editors and advisory board members to join its existing team. New editors and advisory board members will play an integral role in shaping the identity of the network as current network staff look to refresh the network and the vital functions it serves. This includes the standard work of disseminating information about CfPS, funding opportunities, etc., as well as taking on new initiatives, like blog authoring, resource page-building or project-building. H-SMT editors are volunteers who share in the network’s responsibilities as List Editors, who manage memberships, the listserv, and blog content on a rotating basis; Special Projects editors who can develop a short-term or long-term project to serve the network; and Advisory Board Members, who consult with all the editors about larger questions and practices to develop the network as needed. This range of positions also allows for volunteers to engage at different levels of commitment and duration. H-Sci-Med-Tech is a network for scholars who apply humanities and social science methods to study science, medicine or technology across a wide variety of periods and regions of the world. While rooted in history, ours is a very interdisciplinary field, bringing together theories and methodologies from across the humanities and the social sciences. With more than 6,200 subscribers, H-SMT is one of H-Net's larger networks and has the benefit of an existing editorial workflow for a new editor to step into or to support an editor focused on special projects. If you would like to be a part of our team, please submit an application by February 1, 2026. We anticipate that newly hired editors will begin their duties in February 2026. Applications should consist of a cover letter indicating the position you are interested in (List Editor, Special Projects Editor, or Advisory Board Member), a curre…
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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It’s time for our annual best of 2025. Here you’ll find book recs for your 2026 reading lists, a 🔥🔥🔥 TV series about Canadian hockey enemies-to-lovers, and a banger album that’ll make you laugh and cry. nursingclio.org/2026/01/01/n...
Nursing Clio Presents Its ELEVENTH Annual Best of List!
Every December the Nursing Clio editorial collective – an all-volunteer staff – gather our Best Of recommendations for the year past. We don’t need to tell you that 2025 has been …
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January 1, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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New #envhist essay by Diana Anselmo, a @nursingclio.bsky.social Writer-in-Residence 🌼🌍

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Lessons from the Earth: Earthquakes, Gardens, and Public Health
Around 9:40am, on Saturday November 1st, 1755, the earth shook in Lisbon. Likely a 8.5 magnitude on the Richter scale, the offshore earthquake was felt from North Africa to Finland. Eyewitness acco…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!

Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
Beige infographic announcing the the new episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. The featured text is the Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice authored by the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective. A text box reads: Featuring both new and classic pieces from the Nursing Clio blog, leading historians of reproductive health, librarians, archivists, public health professionals and midwives provide insights that connect past struggles over bodies, reproductive rights, and health care. This collection offers intimate, urgent scholarship that speaks to the present moment. Finally, there is a link to listen to the podcast now: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-clio-reader
December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This was a really fun conversation, and we’re so proud of this reader! Please listen, share, & of course pick up a copy of TNCR! #womenshist #histmed @nursingclio.bsky.social
jwomenshistory.bsky.social Journal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · Dec 16
We are thrilled to announce our latest episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. @lcargin.bsky.social spoke with @ayahnerd.bsky.social,
@lmansley.bsky.social, and and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social
about the new Nursing Clio Reader!

Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
Beige infographic announcing the the new episode of the New Books in Women's History Podcast. The featured text is the Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice authored by the Nursing Clio Editorial Collective. A text box reads: Featuring both new and classic pieces from the Nursing Clio blog, leading historians of reproductive health, librarians, archivists, public health professionals and midwives provide insights that connect past struggles over bodies, reproductive rights, and health care. This collection offers intimate, urgent scholarship that speaks to the present moment. Finally, there is a link to listen to the podcast now: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-clio-reader
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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ICYMI: Pro-choice nuns? Yes, kinda. In the early 1980s, restoring public funding for abortions was a central plank for the abortion rights movement—and many #Catholic sisters became not-all-that surprising feminist allies in this movement.

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The Nun Who Chose Abortion Over Her Vows
It wasn’t until 8:45 a.m. on February 23, 1983, that the Sisters of Mercy in Detroit learned that Archbishop Edmund Szoka would soon hold a news conference to deliver an ultimatum: Sister of Mercy …
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December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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My new historical essay for @nursingclio.bsky.social tells the story of Mercy Sister Agnes Mary Mansour and a prominent group of Catholic religious sisters who viewed #Medicaid funding for abortion as part of their duty to serve the poor—even when the Vatican threatened their livelihoods.
The Nun Who Chose Abortion Over Her Vows
It wasn’t until 8:45 a.m. on February 23, 1983, that the Sisters of Mercy in Detroit learned that Archbishop Edmund Szoka would soon hold a news conference to deliver an ultimatum: Sister of Mercy …
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December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Listen to us talk about why @nursingclio.bsky.social is awesome, and then get your copy of the Nursing Clio Reader!
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Some of our fantastic authors and editors sat down with @jwomenshistory.bsky.social to discuss our new book! Tune in to the podcast to hear @ayahnerd.bsky.social @lmansley.bsky.social and @sarahbelle721.bsky.social and learn more about the NC Reader! newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective, "The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice" (Rutgers UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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It was a pleasure to sit down with the @jwomenshistory.bsky.social podcast to discuss The @nursingclio.bsky.social reader! @sarahbelle721.bsky.social, @ayahnerd.bsky.social, and I had a great time talking with Leah Cargin. 🗃️
The Nursing Clio Editorial Collective, "The Nursing Clio Reader: Histories of Sex, Reproduction, and Justice" (Rutgers UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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December 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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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
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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...
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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“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