Podcasts about american gynecology

Mortality rates among American Indian and Black women are three times higher than the rate for white women. To understand the racial disparities we see in today’s healthcare system, it could be worth examining the past. Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens is part of a growing group of historians examining the history of race and medicine. She joins us for the hour. In her book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and The Origins of American Gynecology, she explores the early history of reproductive healthcare, where enslaved women were subject to forced experimentation and operations, without anesthesia. Later, we learn about the Hear Her Campaign. GUESTS: Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens: Associate Professor of History & Africana Studies at the University of Connecticut. She is also the author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and The Origins of American Gynecology Dr. Veronica Pimentel: Maternal fetal medicine specialist and Director of Research of the OB GYN Residency program at St Francis Hospital and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Frank H. Netter School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens discusses her book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology, which traces the origins of American reproductive health to slave hospitals. As white doctors expanded their practices onto plantations, quickly pregnancy and birth became the focus of their practices. Dr. James Marion Sims with other nineteenth-century gynecologists performed […]

The TPWKY book club is back in action, and we're thrilled to be starting this season's reading journey with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, reproductive rights advocate, Associate Professor in the University of Connecticut history department, and award-winning author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology. The history of science and medicine often focuses on the achievements of wealthy, white male physicians and researchers whose names are etched on medical school buildings, libraries, and dormitories. Rarely do these stories give voice to those whose bodies or labor were exploited in the name of scientific progress. In the first book club episode of the season, Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens joins us to discuss the Black enslaved women who worked alongside the so-called “Father of Gynecology”, James Marion Sims, as both patients and caregivers in nineteenth-century America. Our conversation takes us through the inherent contradictions in the way nineteenth-century physicians wrote and thought about race, gender, and health, and how broad changes in medical practice during this time promoted the dissemination of unfounded beliefs in how white and Black bodies experienced pain, health, and disease. Tune in for a fascinating conversation that will have you immediately adding Medical Bondage to your to-read list! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hear our conversation with Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology.This piece is part of L.A. Theatre Works' Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before OBGYNs, stirrups, and forceps, there were wise women, herbal remedies, and soft touches. The procedures which we now view as “normal” in the birth world are actually a fairly recent addition to the patriarchal and medical model of modern industrial birth, and they do not center or serve women. In this episode, we answer the question: “How did women possibly survive childbirth before men and hospitals came on the scene?!” Historian Ana Sabrina walks us back a couple hundred years before men came to “deliver” women from the “pathology” of childbirth. Settle in, and listen with open ears. If we know our roots, we can rise into our future.   Connect with Ana Sabrina on Instagram: @anasabrina.b   On women as healers before male care was the norm- “The Healer’s Calling: Women and Medicine in Early New England”   On the history of abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth- “The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy”   On the systematic medical rape of enslaved black women in the American south- “Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology”   The Radical Birth Keeper School starts again September 1st, 2021. You won’t want to miss it: https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/radicalbirthkeeper   Check out more of Free Birth Society’s courses and offerings!  https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com

The first episode in our series on Women Healers is a lovely discussion with Nafeesah Roberts As-Salafeeya, a Community Labor and Postpartum Doula.  Doulas play a critical role as healers because they provide physical and emotional support before, during, and after birth in ways that modern hospital providers cannot. They are birthing advocates that help women actualize their preferred birthing experiences whether at home or in the hospital.  Nafeesah tells of her journey into becoming a birth worker, and how her home birth experience put her on the path to empower other women with their birthing journeys.  Inspired by her own ancestral traditions, she started the Mbegu Birthing Project, which is a grassroots organization to support birth work in Mobile, Alabama.  We also talk about the legacy of black midwifery in Alabama and Deirdre Cooper Owen's book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, which presents an important history of black women midwives in bondage and their treatment by white, male physicians developing modern gynecology in the American south.  We talk about Alabama's relationship with this history and how new generations of birth workers will be instrumental in advocating for women’s rights and ensuring racial equality in healthcare and birthing.      If you would like to learn more about doula training or Nafeesah's services, you can contact her  at Nafeesahthedoula@gmail.com or access her skincare, tinctures, and teas at NittyGrittySkinCare.com. Nafeesah's businesses and affiliates: Daughters of Daisy Community Labor and Postpartum Doula Services The Mbegu Birthing Project NittyGrittySkinCare One&Strong-United for Quality Reproductive Healthcare Facebook.com/DaughtersofDaisyMarie Facebook.com/TheMbeguBirthingProject TheMbeguBirthingProject@instagram Nafeesahthedreamdoula@instagram

Honestly, the COVID vaccine makes me nervous. As terrible as COVID has been to Black people, the American medical system has a long history of using Black bodies without consent and shutting us out of medicine. This history informs how we see the medical system, including the new vaccine. Starting from the fact that both science and medicine have a racist history in America, I break down some of the histories that cause Black mistrust in medicine with my friend Symphony, a first-year medical student. We, then, look at COVID's disproportionate effect on the Black community and the stakes of not getting vaccinated. The conversation ends with a little about the science of the COVID vaccine. I'm not saying whether or not you should get the vaccine immediately, but these are some of the issues you might want to consider. 03:18 - A focus on medical history in America. We cover topics such as the history of gynecology, the closing of Black medical schools, and medical experimentation. 25:28 - A focus on coronavirus today. We look at its effect on non-white communities and the factors informing Symphony's decision to get the vaccine. Hopefully, a discussion of the vaccine that takes Black fear seriously is a helpful factor in your own decision-making. Sources and Further Reading: [As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.] Symphony's recs - Follow @Kizzyphd on Instagram and/or Twitter. She's a Black woman doctor working on vaccines and advocating for Black people. Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, New and Expanded Edition [https://amzn.to/3oXNYYf (https://amzn.to/3oXNYYf)] Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology [https://amzn.to/2LUduyZ (https://amzn.to/2LUduyZ)] My sources - On Black medical schools: Race and Medicine in Nineteenth-and Early-Twentieth-Century America [https://amzn.to/38JUk7W (https://amzn.to/38JUk7W)] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/black-doctors/510017/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/12/black-doctors/510017/) On Medical Experimentation: Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present [https://amzn.to/3iqdinv (https://amzn.to/3iqdinv)] https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/exhibit/heth (https://lostmuseum.cuny.edu/archive/exhibit/heth) Music Credit PeaceLoveSoul by Jeris (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/35859 Ft: KungFu (KungFuFrijters)

Our premiere episode begins with Chicago Women's Health Center's roots in the feminist health movement of the 1960s. Terri Kapsalis, author and long-time CWHC Collective Member, describes the clinic's model of care, its historic context, and how it remains at the heart of our work 45-years later.How does CWHC continue to create a place for clients to receive health care that's actually about care and not profit? What is the historic foundation for CWHC's approach and why is this approach as important as ever? And...why “mirror and a flashlight”?Join Terri as she explores these questions, and tune in throughout this season to learn more about how each of CWHC's programs practice the model of care that has been evolving since 1975.A Note from CWHC: This episode contains archival audio that identifies Andrea Smith as a member of the Cherokee Nation, a false claim made by Smith that has been harmful, as documented in The New York Times', "The Native Scholar Who Wasn't."Learn more about Chicago Women's Health Center and this podcast on our website at chicagowomenshealthcenter.org. Follow us:FacebookInstagramMirror and a Flashlight is made possible by our community of support. Our special thanks to Corbett Vs Dempsey, Women Unite!, Early to Bed, Women & Children First Bookstore, Laura McAlpine Consulting for Growth, Mats Gustafsson and Catalytic Sound. Additional thanks to the generous clients who shared their experiences.This podcast was produced by Ari Mejia and edited by A.J. Barks, Sarah Rebecca Gaglio, and Terri Kapsalis, with additional editorial support from Lisa Schergen.Make our work possible with a donation here.Learn more about Terri Kapsalis and her work at terrikapsalis.net.   Archival tape featured in this episode:- Black Panther Health Clinics, featuring Fred Hampton- Taking Our Bodies Back: The women's health movement, from Cambridge Documentary Films- Andrea Smith at Women's Worlds 2011For more information on some of the topics discussed in this episode, we recommend the following resources:The History of the Women's Health MovementOur Bodies, Our SelvesBodies of Knowledge: Sexuality, Reproduction, and  Women's Health in the Second Wave by Wendy KlineWitches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English“The Campaign to Eliminate the Midwife” by Kate DawleyWomen of Color and the Reproductive Rights Movement by Jennifer NelsonMore than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women's Health Movement by Jennifer NelsonNew View of a Woman's Body: A Fully Illustrated Guide by the Federation Of Feminist Women's Health CentersHistory of Gynecology and Sterilization Abuses in the United StatesMedical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper OwensNo Mas Bebes (2015), directed by Renee Tajima-PeñaConquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea SmithReproductive Justice: An Introduction by Loretta Ross and Rickie SolingerWitches, Witch Hunts, and Women by Silvia FedericiKilling the Black Body by Dorothy E. RobertsThe Face of Women's Health: Helen Rodriguez-Trias by Joyce WilcoxBlack Panthers & Young Lords Health ClinicsBody and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination by Alondra NelsonHillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times by Amy Sonnie and James TracyJane, the Underground Abortion ServiceThe Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Abortion Service by Laura Kaplan

James Marion Sims has a complicated legacy. He was a surgeon in the 19th century who, for decades, was heralded as the ‘Father of American Gynecology’ for his contributions to the field, including inventing the speculum. But those innovations came at the expense of the poor and enslaved women that he performed experimental surgeries on. Not much is known about the Black enslaved women and poor Irish immigrants he experimented on, but without their contributions, gynecology would not be what it is today.On this episode of UnTextbooked, producer Ruba Memon interviews Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of the book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology. They talk about how America’s history of slavery and racism continues to influence medicine in ways that harm Black people at disproportionate rates.Book: Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyGuest: Deirdre Cooper OwensProducer: Ruba MemonMusic: Silas Bohen and Coleman HamiltonEditors: Bethany Denton and Jeff Emtman

In February, Naomi Jackson entered Mount Sinai Hospital to give birth to her son. But when the baby finally came, at her side were only her doula and her sister; the ob-gyn hadn't believed Jackson when, twenty minutes earlier, she had assured the doctor that the baby was coming soon. This was not the first time that Jackson's wishes and intuitions had been ignored during her pregnancy, or even during her labor. Only hours earlier, a nurse had upped her dosage of Pitocin shortly after Jackson had asked her to stop. But Jackson is not alone in experiencing such dismissiveness. Such treatment is typical of the care black mothers receive. They experience maternal complications and adverse outcomes at a shockingly high rate. Black babies today are substantially more likely to suffer infant mortality than white babies; the rate surpasses that recorded during slavery. And the dearth of black female medical professionals means that black women struggle to secure culturally responsive care, with its accompanying better outcomes. Black mothers—Jackson included—carry this heavy burden with them into labor. In this episode of the podcast, Naomi Jackson—an assistant professor of English at Rutgers University–Newark and the author of The Star Side of Bird Hill—reflects on her narrative essay in Harper's Magazine's September issue, “A Litany for Survival.” Jackson and host Violet Lucca discuss her reasons for sharing her birth story, the all too often dire experiences that black women have in the birthing room, and the multifarious sociocultural factors that prevent black women from receiving proper care even as awareness of these experiences grows. Resources for black mothers that were mentioned in the episode or are recommended by Jackson: Bronx Rebirth & Progress Collective - https://www.bxrebirth.org/ Black Mamas Matter Alliance - https://blackmamasmatter.org/ National Black Midwives Alliance - https://blackmidwivesalliance.org/ Jamaa Birth Village - https://jamaabirthvillage.org/ Ancient Song Doula Services - https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/ Dr. Sara Whetstone, University of California, San Francisco - https://meded.ucsf.edu/people/sara-whetstone Dr. Deirdre Cooper-Owens, University of Lincoln, Nebraska & author of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and The Origins of American Gynecology - https://history.unl.edu/deirdre-cooper-owens Nubia Martin, midwife & founder of Birth from the Earth - https://birthfromtheearth.vpweb.com/ Nicole Jean-Baptiste, Sese Doula Services - https://www.sesedoulaservices.com/ Linda Villarosa, journalist & contributing writer to New York Times magazine https://www.lindavillarosa.com/ Dr. Dana-Ain Davis, CUNY Graduate Center and author of Reproductive Justice: Racism, Pregnancy & Premature Birth - http://qcurban.org/faculty/dana-ain-davis/ Dr. Pooja K. Mehta, Women's Health Lead, CityBlock Health - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-mehta-1b891689/ Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Chief Health Officer & Co-Founder, CityBlock Health - https://www.linkedin.com/in/toyin-ajayi-ba57b078/ Chanel Porchia-Albert, founder of Ancient Song - https://www.chanelporchianyc.com/about-me Malaika Maitland, doula, artist & yoga teacher in Grenada - http://malaikamaitland.com/birth Andrea Jordan, midwife, cofounder of Better Birthing in Bim and The Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-jordan-4832b3127/ Dani McClain, journalist and author of We Live for the: The Political Power of Black Motherhood - https://danimcclain.com/bio Dr. Lynn Roberts, CUNY School of Public Health - https://sph.cuny.edu/people/lynnroberts/ Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, author of Killing the Black Body - https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/roberts1/ Efe Osaren, doula & midwifery student, https://www.linkedin.com/in/efe-osaren-959824113/

In today’s episode, we will discuss the racial disparities is US healthcare and the continual marginalization and disenfranchisement of black women and their health. We will talk about the transgenerational effects of epigenetic of black women and how they affect their risks and childbirth outcomes. We will also look at the implicit biases of birth professionals and the effects they can have on black women’s childbirth outcomes. In this episode, we explore: 0:38 Black Maternal Health statistics 4:34 Mitsuzi’s background 5:58 Exploring the relationship between healthcare workers and doulas 8:12 Birthing Noire childbirth education course, Mindfulness program & doula services 11:04 Black maternal health and the black maternity mortality crisis in the United States 14:04 The transgenerational effects of racism and the epigenetics of black women 16:41 The effects of implicit biases of birth professionals on black women’s childbirth outcomes 20:33 What can Black mothers do to advocate and protect themselves when giving birth 23:07 What can we do to change the state of black maternal health and the staggering rates of mortality of black mothers in America as a society About Mit Mitsuzi Stone is a labor and delivery nurse, birth doula and birth mindset coach. Her passion for birth and coaching expecting families comes from her background as a Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse with a love for education. She believes every family should have the birth experience they desire, and her goal is to get you to that place through mindfulness practice. She is here to serve your family with a heart of compassion and loving kindness. Find Mit https://www.birthingnoire.com/ https://www.instagram.com/birthing_noire/ Show Notes: Resources * Black Women’s Blueprint https://www.blackwomensblueprint.org/ * Black Women’s Health Imperative https://bwhi.org/ * National Birth Equity Collaborative https://birthequity.org/ * Black Mamas Matter https://blackmamasmatter.org/ * Moms Rising https://www.momsrising.org/ * The International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA) https://icea.org/ * Pregnant Patient’s Bill of Rights https://www.ccbirthcenter.com/direct/files/First%20Trimester%20Education/Pregnant_Patient_Bill_of_Rights.pdf * Pregnant Patient’s Responsibilities https://www.tcfmedicine.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/The_Pregnant_Patients_Responsibilities.pdf * Evidence-Based Birth Birth Justice Page https://evidencebasedbirth.com/birth-justice/ Articles * https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/america-is-failing-its-black-mothers/ * https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/pregnancy-relatedmortality.htm * https://bwhi.org/2018/01/11/major-change-medicaid-threatens-healthcare-access-low-income-black-women/ * https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/black-maternal-health-canada_ca_5ed90ae3c5b685164f2eab93 * https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/politics/a33417738/black-maternal-mortality-interview-latham-thomas/
 Books * Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, Dorothy Roberts * Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, Harriet A Washington * Black Milk: Maternal Bodies, Wet Nursing, and Black Women’s Invisible * Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and The Origins of American Gynecology, Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens * Battling Over Birth: Black Women and the Maternal Health Care Crisis, Julia Chinyere Oparah, and al. * Reproductive Justice: A New Vision for the 21st Century, Loretta Ross 
* Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Healthcare Crisis in the USA, Amnesty International (report) * The Politics of Trauma, Staci K. Haines Statistics Sources lined on https://bloomingmamahood.com/podcast-episodes/016 Find Blooming Mamahood
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What if you could see your doctor as much as you wanted and never have to pay a deductible or co-pay? What if your doctor was not paid based on how many patients they see on a given day? This week, Dr. Felecia Sumner joins me to talk about the Direct Primary Care  model of healthcare. It’s the Netflix of Healthcare. You pay a monthly subscription fee and get to see your doctor as much as you need to without dealing with insurance providers. This can be a great thing for stroke survivors and other folks with chronic conditions where you have not only complex needs and more of them than the general population, but you also need a provider who is interested in staying on top of your complex medical history. Bio From Dr. Sumner’s website: https://drfsumner.com/about-me/ Dr. Felecia Sumner is a family medicine physician, national speaker, best-selling author, and wellness strategist dedicated to improving the health and overall wellness of her patients and their communities. She is also the co-founder and Vice President of Synergizers Inc – a health and wellness service company. Dr. Sumner completed her undergraduate work at Saint Joseph’s University and obtained her medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM). While at PCOM, Dr. Sumner earned the highly coveted Student National Medical Association’s PCOM Member of the Year award. Dr. Sumner is actively involved in community health education and has presented across the country at a number of community, school, and church-related events about healthy lifestyle, nutrition, and disease prevention. Dr. Sumner’s medical philosophy is inclusive of both traditional and alternative therapies and is focused on providing patient education and explaining things in non-technical language. Thus, her patients gain an increased sense of personal management of their own health, and family members are invited to attend appointments. She is particularly interested in medical media and preventive medicine, in addition to women’s health, nutrition and wellness. Of personal note, Dr. Sumner lives in Pennsylvania, with her husband and two young daughters. In her free time, Dr. Sumner enjoys reading, singing, cooking, and spending quality time with her family and friends. Is Racism Real? This is one of the questions Dr. Felecia answers on Instagram and Facebook about race.   Dr. Felecia mentioned the Tuskegee Experiment. You can read more about that here: https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm Here’s an article that talks about several books exploring the history of gynecological care in the US and how it started with brutal experiments on enslaved women: https://www.aaihs.org/black-subjectivity-and-the-origins-of-american-gynecology/ It’s August 2020 and protests are going on in Seattle and around the country. Before our interview, I reached out to Dr. Felecia to see if race was something she wanted to talk about on the podcast. She agreed. The medical field, like many has failed many times to take care of folks based on race. Differences in care based on race, gender identity, disability, and more continue. Since disparities in treatment can happen even when most providers mean well, it means there must be an unconscious bias at play. Sharing stories and listening to the stories of others is just one way to address this. The Real Rx The Real Rx is where I first hear Dr. Felecia. I started listening because one of the other co-host is Dr. Kimberly Brown, an Emergency Room physician who was a guest on Strokecast back in episode 40. The Real Rx describes itself as “Real problems. Real talk. Real doctors. Talk to our group of women physicians just like one of your girlfriends. It is like having a virtual house call!” I enjoyed listening to season one, and I learned stuff. It’s a nice balance of the personal and the professional. The show is currently on hiatus, but it’s worth going back and listening to the back catalog in your favorite podcast app. Links Dr. Felecia Sumner’s website https://drfsumner.com/ Dr. Felecia on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/drfeleciasumner Dr. Felecia on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQk93BJT2ZSMdD2rwfBsbjQ Dr. Felecia on Twitter https://twitter.com/drfeleciasumner Dr. Felecia on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/drfeleciasumner/ One of Dr. Felecia’s posts on Instagram about Racism https://www.instagram.com/p/CBNym5ehV4H/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link     Synergize Direct Primary Care https://www.synergizedpc.com/ Synergize Direct Primary Care on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/synergizedpc DPC Frontier https://www.dpcfrontier.com/ The Real Rx Podcast https://anchor.fm/the-real-rx The Real RX on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/therealrxmedia The Real Rx on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/therealrxmedia/ Dr. Kimberly Brown on Strokecast http://Strokecast.com/Kim Tuskegee Experiment https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm Black Subjectivity and the Origins of American Gynecology https://www.aaihs.org/black-subjectivity-and-the-origins-of-american-gynecology/ Where do we go from here? Visit the links above to learn more about Direct Primary Care and see if it’s right for you and your family. Share this episode with three other people by giving them the link http://Strokecast.com/dpc Subscribe to the Strokecast in your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode. Don’t get best…get better. Strokecast is the stroke podcast where a Gen X stroke survivor explores rehab, recovery, the frontiers of neuroscience and one-handed banana peeling by helping stroke survivors, caregivers, medical providers and stroke industry affiliates connect and share their stories.

Season 1 Episode 2 features an interview with professor Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens. We discuss a brief history of American gynecology and we reflect on what this history means in present day gynecological care, including her own experiences of medical racism.But before we jump into this week's episode, we take a moment of silence for Sha-Asia Washington - a 26 year old Black woman who died during childbirth in early July at Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn. Say her name. Learn her story. Here is the gofundme page to support her newborn and her family.Deirdre Cooper Owens Bio:Deirdre Cooper Owens is the Linda and Charles Wilson Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the Humanities in Medicine program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Organization of American Historians' (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer and has won a number of prestigious honors for her scholarly and advocacy work. A popular public speaker, Dr. Cooper Owens has spoken widely across the U.S. and Europe. She has published articles, essays, book chapters, and think pieces on a number of issues that concern African American experiences. Her first book, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology (Univ. of Georgia Press, 2017) won the 2018 Darlene Clark Hine Book Award from the Organization of American Historians as the best book written in African American women's and gender history.  Professor Cooper Owens is also the Director of the Program in African American History at the Library Company of Philadelphia, the country's oldest cultural institution. She is working on a second book project that examines mental illness during the era of United States slavery and is writing a popular biography of Harriet Tubman that examines her through the lens of disability. References During the Episode:[Book] Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the Origins of American Gynecology[Lecture] Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens presenting on her book Medical Bondage at Carnegie Mellon University (2019)[Organization] East Harlem Preservation Society (Marina Ortiz, founder)Questions to consider after the episode:What are some examples of practices, behaviors and policies that are considered “normal” in healthcare that do not sit right with you? Consider how racist practices, behaviors and policies have become so rampant and routine that they are accepted as a normal part of American healthcare.Hosted by Taja LindleyProduced by Colored Girls HustleMusic, Soundscape and Audio Engineering by Emma AlabasterSupport our work on Patreon or make a one-time payment via PayPalFor more information visit BirthJustice.nyc This podcast is made possible, in part, by the Narrative Power Stipend - a grant funded by Forward Together for members of Echoing Ida.Support the show

Content warning: this episode may be triggering for Black womxn + BIPOC due to discussion of medical racism toward ensalved Black womxn and other factors. -- Loving the podcast? Please... rate + review the pod on Apple Podcasts subscribe to the show on your fave podcast app show a friend how to subscribe Connect with us! Megan McNamara Instagram @FAMtasticfertility https://www.instagram.com/famtasticfertility/ Youtube: FAMtastic Fertility Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/famtasticfertility Natalie Daudet Instagram @fertilityawarenessproject https://www.instagram.com/fertilityawarenessproject/ Website: https://fertilityawarenessproject.ca/ Did you know you can become a direct supporter of Body Literacy Babes? Your support of this podcast via a small monthly donation helps sustain future episodes. Head over to our support page to get started. ( https://anchor.fm/bodyliteracybabes/support ) We're deeply grateful for your support and it allows us to continue this work - thank you! We want to hear from you! Email your stories to bodyliteracybabes@gmail.com and please include "listener story" + your topic in the subject line so we can search for them more easily. Boundary: we cannot offer specific charting advice to those who are not our clients. Thank you! body literacy, for everyone, forever -- Books (please purchase from a Black-owned / local bookstore) Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, 1st Edition by Deirdre Cooper Owens Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Paperback by Dorothy Roberts Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad Podcasts Fertility Friday | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack That's Not How That Works | Trudi Lebron + Louiza “Weeze” Doran Pelvic / Vaginal Steaming Instagram @steamychick | Keli Garza | https://www.steamychick.com/ The Fourth Trimester Vaginal Steam Study https://www.steamychick.com/4thtristudy/ More resources: Anti-racist: those who speak and act in ways that advance racial equity in society; the act of interrupting racism. @colorofchange @rachel.cargle @thegreatunlearn @danielleleslie @wombliteracy  @wearehappyperiod @periodequity @niswaorg @sontusreglas @selfcarephysio @thekindredfeminine @lovelandfoundation @moonli.woman @moonmedicines

On Feb. 21, 2020, Deirdre Cooper Owens, a professor of the history of medicine at the University of Nebraska, was on campus to discuss her work tracing the origins of medical racism back to its roots. In her book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the origins of American Gynecology, Cooper Owens reveals the ways the field of gynecology, pioneered by 19th century medical men, was deeply intertwined with the institution of slavery.This talk was part of 400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice, a yearlong initiative at Berkeley that marks the 400th anniversary of the forced arrival of enslaved Africans in the English colonies.Read a Q&A with Cooper Owens on Berkeley News.Read a transcript of this podcast episode on Berkeley News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens joins me to discuss the history of American obstetrics/gynecology and its connections to slavery. Find full show notes here: https://michellemarketingstrategies.com/deirdre-cooper-owens-history-of-american-gynecology/ You can reach out to me at jennifer@michellemarketingstrategies.com, tweet me @MMSJennifer or find me on Instagram @LeadingwithHealth. And if you haven't already, stop by my site and download your free copy of 100 Quotes from Women in Healthcare.

In her book, Medical Bondage, Queens College, CUNY professor Deidre Cooper Owens moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how nineteenth-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals. It also retells the story of black enslaved women and of Irish immigrant women from the perspective of these exploited groups and thus restores for us a picture of their lives.

What She Shares: The relationship between slavery and modern medicine Learning to read between the lines of the medical literature produced during slavery The emotional strain of researching archives of enslaved people Her own gynecological experience as a black woman What You’ll Hear: The racist background of gynecology and obstetrics How the presumption that Black bodies feel less pain is founded in slavery Understanding that the first men practicing gynecological surgeries were interested in protecting an economic system Recognizing the Mothers of gynecology while respecting their privacy Having an embodied since of history and homeland Examining the legacy of anti-blackness and xenophobia in medicine How nonviolent direct action helped fan the popularity of her book Using education to dismantle the anti-black medical system Attending to the maternal health of Indigenous women How race and class still affect how a person is treated in a medical office Allowing the present to be a part of historical studies Considering that stress responses signify a healthy, coherent system Understanding that black women face higher maternal health risks because of institutionalized anti-blackness, not because of their race Deirdre Cooper Owens is a griot, and a teacher who performs may functions in her community, especially in this 21 st century. Her practice is rooted in the West African and Gullah traditions of gathering and telling stories. She’s an award-winning historian and popular public speaker as well as a Professor in the History of Medicine and Director of Humanities in Medicine Program at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. Dr. Cooper Owens is the author of "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology."

0:08 – For this holiday week, we re-air two interviews from the vault first, speaking with Deirdre Cooper-Owens, associate professor of history at Queens College, CUNY, about how American gynecology experimented on enslaved women in her recent book Medical Bondage: Race, Gender and the origins of American Gynecology. 0:34 – Tony McAleer, former Skinhead and member of the ‘White Aryan Resistance' speaks about his journey to “Life After Hate.” McAleer is now Board Chair and Co-founder of Life After Hate, a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals exit hate groups. The post How American gynecology was founded in slavery; Plus: Confronting white supremacist hate with Tony McAleer of ‘Life After Hate' (rebroadcast) appeared first on KPFA.

In this episode, we restart our march through history, which we left off a few episodes ago back in the 18th century. With our guest, Dr. Hilary Green, we dive into 19th-century American slavery and the idea that black and brown bodies are “closer to nature” than light-skinned bodies. Dr. Green talks about racism, popular ideas of biology, and how our denial of black suffering still resonates today in racial health disparities. Some resources: Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890 by Hilary Green More information on Dr. Green’s walking tour of the University of Alabama Campus Laboring Women: Reproduction and Gender in New World Slavery by Jennifer Morgan Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Jim Downs The Price for their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved from Womb to Grave in the Building of a Nation by Diana Ramey Berry Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market by Walter Johnson Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson Almanack and Ephemeris by Benjamin Banneker Dr. Gwenetta Curry’s work on race and stress

Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology"

Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology"

Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology"

Deirdre Cooper Owens, author of "Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology"

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens is an Author & Asst. History Professor at Queens College/CUNY. She joins us to discuss her book “Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology".

Deirdre Cooper Owens, Queens College CUNY Graduate Center, February 14, 2018Deirdre Cooper Owens reads a section from her recent work, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, which explores the intersections of slavery, capitalism, and medicine and discusses the work with Jennifer Morgan, Professor of History New York University  and Sasha Turner Bryson, Professor of History at Quinnipiac University. Owen’s study draws from the journals of doctors like James Marion Sims and examines the labor enslaved women performed as they endured medical experimentation and assisted doctors in developing careers in gynecology. This talk took place on February 14, 2018, sponsored by Center for the Study of Women and Society and co-sponsored with the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean (IRADAC), the CUNY Graduate Center Ph.D. Program in History, and the Feminist Press.