Member: Brdgt

I worked for 10 years at Old Sturbridge Village--and took a NEH workshop at the Dickinson House(the first one they offered)--I began looking at women's medicine when I had difficultly getting pregnant, and was dealing with DES issues (my mom had taken it)--I have done some work on 20th cent women's medicine, mostly for my own info--Caroline Barrett White is the woman I looked at, and had many medical issues; ear infections/hearing loss; migraines; seasonal affective disorder(or so it seemed from her writings); and depression--she wrote quite a bit, and had various treatments--who did you look at at AAS?and isn't that a wonderful place! good luck with your work, and if you want someone to read as a second set of eyes:) I would be happy to oblige!!

posted by milkmaidgoddess at 6:05 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2008

i noticed you are doing you diss on medical travel-i have done research on women's medicine (i used to portray a midwife at a 19th century living history museum)-i used diaries of a 19th century woman who had many health issues, traveled a lot(some for jobs, some for health reasons) as well as to go rest. i have only read her diaries from 1847 thru civil war, she wrote lots until her death in early 20th century--her diaries have been microfilmed thru some cultural grant in the '70--they live at the american antiquarian society in worcester ma--she may be of help to your research if you want diary stuff-lets talk!

posted by milkmaidgoddess at 8:26 pm (EST) on Oct 29, 2008

Hey, that's great. Thanks a lot.

posted by jacr at 9:30 am (EST) on Oct 3, 2007

One of the things I'm coming across in my research is the (familiar, of course) idea of going to the country for medical reasons--that leaving the city was medicine itself. (One young woman was sent by a doctor to sleep in a tent in the country and eat nothing but eggs and a daily pint of cream.) Do you know of any historiography that I could read about this sort of thing--that is, early twentieth century ideas of cities being unhealthy?

posted by jacr at 7:15 pm (EST) on Sep 30, 2007

If you don't mind my asking, I'm curious what your diss is on. I'm guessing it's a TB or other public health topic, probably in the Progressive Era? I'm writing about Prog Era urban disasters.

posted by jacr at 9:23 pm (EST) on Sep 27, 2007