Hallie Knipp
@hknipp.bsky.social
she/her | eng MA, Marshall University | digital history PhD candidate @ Clemson University | Appalachian studies | histories of medicine | women, gender, sexuality | reproductive history | early 20th century
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Like I watered it down as much as possible. I didn’t even say the word eugenics.
December 25, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Like I watered it down as much as possible. I didn’t even say the word eugenics.
Reposted by Hallie Knipp
In longer form, @aktange.bsky.social on how reading Victorian novels will make you embrace vaccination: theconversation.com/infectious-d...
Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.
theconversation.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
In longer form, @aktange.bsky.social on how reading Victorian novels will make you embrace vaccination: theconversation.com/infectious-d...