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Celebrate National Women's Health Week with author Dr. April Patrick who will discuss the history of women's health and how it connects with women's healthcare today. In-person in the library.
Celebrate National Women's Health Week with author Dr. April Patrick who will discuss the history of women's health and how it connects with women's healthcare today. Dr. Patrick will focus on what we can learn from these historical narratives and share examples from nineteenth-century women's experiences. She'll discuss the ways that the fears of women patients are dismissed and how women have used their collective voices to advocate for better care. Though the texts were written over a century ago, they offer insight into current issues around women's health in America.
These stories come from Dr. April Patrick's new book, Women's Health in Britain and America: Texts and Contexts, which includes over a hundred historical texts that address pregnancy and childbirth, contraception and abortion, and breast and gynecological cancers. Dr. Patrick is an Associate Professor and University Director of Honors at Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she teaches courses on narrative medicine and literature.
Register online or by calling the library at (973) 584-2400. This program is part of Prioritizing Self-Care: A Women's Health and Wellness Series, and is made possible by the Friends of Roxbury Public Library.
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AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Health & Wellness | Books & Author Discussion |
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