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Women’s Mental Health Care: A Historical Perspective & Progress

Lightwork

The connection between advocating for women’s rights and raising awareness about mental health became clear through the stories of influential suffragettes. Lucy Burns documented the emotional suffering of fellow suffragettes who endured force-feeding and solitary confinement.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

She documents cases where medieval Europeans commissioned dissections not out of scientific curiosity but out of care for their families. Even back then, people had a basic concept of genetic inheritance. I drew heavily from the work of historian Katharine Park, who has done incredible research on this.