{"id":1364,"date":"2009-09-21T12:19:08","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T17:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezing.me\/transfer\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:36:02","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:36:02","slug":"gynecology-brown-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/gynecology-brown-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Links American Gynecology to Slavery, Irish Immigration in Sept. 23 Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n
\nNoon
\nbrown bag event is free and open to the public
\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

OXFORD,Miss. – Links between enslaved women and poor Irish immigrant women and
\nthe advancement of American gynecology will be discussed by Deirdre
\nCooper Owens, University of Mississippi assistant professor of history,
\nWednesday (Sept. 23) in a campus program. <\/p>\n

\n\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\n Part of
\nthe Southern Studies Brown Bag Lunch & Lecture series in the Center
\nfor the Study of Southern Culture, the free, public event is set for noon
\nin the Barnard Observatory lecture hall. \n<\/p>\n

\n“I’ll
\nbe discussing my comparative race study on enslaved women and poor Irish
\nimmigrant women who lived during the antebellum era in the South and in
\nthe North,” Cooper Owens said. “We’ll glimpse into the lives of
\nthese women whose bodies were used to help pioneer modern
\ngynecology.”\n<\/p>\n

\nPhysicians
\nwho were intent on curing female disorders relied heavily on these two
\ngroups of women because of myriad gynecological illnesses they developed,
\naccording to Cooper Owens. The physical vulnerabilities of these women,
\ncoupled with their low status, allowed doctors more access to their
\nbodies than to those of middle-class white women, she said. \n<\/p>\n

\nDespite
\ntheir physical weaknesses, these bonded and immigrant women were viewed
\nby doctors as “super-bodies,” or superior specimens for
\nsurgical and experimental work, Cooper Owens said. Ultimately, the
\ninstitutions of slavery and immigration had deep linkages to the dynamic
\ngrowth and advancement of American modern gynecology during the 19th
\ncentury, she said.\n<\/p>\n

\nCooper
\nOwens earned a doctorate in history from UCLA. Before joining the UM
\nfaculty in August 2008, she was a 2008-09 Carter G. Woodson Postdoctoral
\nFellow at the University of Virginia. She was recently awarded the Mary
\nWollstonecraft Dissertation Award. The award honors the best dissertation
\nthat uses historical methods to study women and gender. This semester,
\nshe is teaching a graduate seminar on the history of slavery.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe
\nSouthern Studies Brown Bag Lunch & Lecture takes place at noon each
\nWednesday during the fall and spring semesters. For more information,
\nincluding upcoming events in the series, visit
\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/depts\/<\/wbr>south\/brown?bag?lecture?<\/wbr>series.html<\/a>. For
\nassistance related to a disability, call 662-915-5993.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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