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| Judith W. Leavitt, PhD
Professor of History of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School Public Resistance or Cooperation?
Historical Experiences with Smallpox [Transcript • Slides] |
Speaker Biography Judith Walzer Leavitt is the Ruth Bleier WARF Professor of Medical History, History of Science, and Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her major research interests are in 19th and 20th century public health and women's health. Her publications include The Healthiest City: Milwaukee and the Politics of Health Reform (1982, 1996), Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America 1750-1950 (1986), Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health (1996), Sickness and Health in America (1978, 1985, 1997), and Women and Health in America (1985, 1999). Her current research projects carry forward her childbirth studies and her interests in public health and gender. She was president of the American Association for the History of Medicine 2000-2002. [return to top] |
