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What History Reveals: Slavery and the Development of U.S. Gynecology

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Air date: Thursday, February 10, 2022, 2:00:00 PM
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Views: Total views: 1,331 (508 Live, 823 On-demand)
Category: History
Runtime: 01:12:39
Description: History of Medicine

In her talk, Dr. Cooper Owens will reveal the genealogical origins of American modern gynecology. She explains how the institution of American slavery was directly linked to the development of reproductive medicine in the U.S. Dr. Cooper Owens provides context for how and why physicians denied black women their full humanity; but also valued them as “medical superbodies” highly suited for experimentation to cure all women. Engaging with 19th-century ideas about so-called racial difference, Dr. Cooper Owens sheds light on the contemporary legacy of medical racism.
NLM Title: What history reveals : slavery and the development of U.S. gynecology / Deirdre Cooper Owens.
Author: Cooper Owens, Deirdre Benia.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division,
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Abstract: (CIT): In her talk, Dr. Cooper Owens will reveal the genealogical origins of American modern gynecology. She explains how the institution of American slavery was directly linked to the development of reproductive medicine in the U.S. Dr. Cooper Owens provides context for how and why physicians denied black women their full humanity; but also valued them as "medical superbodies" highly suited for experimentation to cure all women. Engaging with 19th-century ideas about so-called racial difference, Dr. Cooper Owens sheds light on the contemporary legacy of medical racism.
Subjects: African Americans--history
Enslaved Persons--history
Gynecology--history
History, 19th Century
Nontherapeutic Human Experimentation--history
Racism--history
United States
Vulnerable Populations
Publication Types: Lecture
Webcast
 
NLM Classification: WP 11 AA1
NLM ID: 9918351570806676
CIT Live ID: 44351
Permanent link: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44351

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