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Is it time to start the head of lettuce countdown yet?

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Join me and @fieryparticle.bsky.social at East City Bookshop next Tuesday at 7 pm to chat about Pushback! register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-eve...

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Really enjoyed this conversation about my research on heat and my forthcoming book with the "For the Medical Record" podcast team at Johns Hopkins! open.spotify.com/episode/6EWT...

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When your son randomly sees your book on his commute home!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/pushback-m.... Thx Sam!

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‘The human stories make this history a compelling read … rooted in the concrete, the personal, the everyday complexity and messiness of individual lives.’ A brilliant review of Abortion: A History by @maryfissell.bsky.social in @newstatesman.com👇 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

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Nurse Practitioner Awards in Research or Preservation! Two awards provide up to $5,000 of support to students, faculty, nurse practitioners, archivists, & scholars and researchers in nursing, health care, or a related field. Due June 1, 2025. More information: nursing.virginia.edu/nursing-hist...

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ICYMI: Our 2025 Conference Eleanor Hermann Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble! "'A Wide Field is Open Before Her, and Many of her Sisters': Discovering Early African American Women Physicians." Conference information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/2025-confere... #histnursing

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In great company @greedyreads.bsky.social thanks! greedyreads.com/item/lqczeCE...

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AAHN invites submissions for the Mary M. Roberts Award! The purpose of the Mary M. Roberts Award is to recognize outstanding original research and writing in an edited book of nursing history. More information here: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra... #histnursing

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New post on my Substack! 1950s Baltimore policewoman on the city's Abortion Squad. For more, see my book: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/mary-...

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There's still time to submit an abstract 👇 #WomensHistory #GenderHist #WHM

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Thanks Lighthouse Bookshop in Edinburgh for such a warm welcome last night! Owner Mairi Oliver started off a lively conversation, lovely atmosphere. Thanks all who made it happen! bit.ly/4ibijON

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what a delight to speak with Prof Fissell about her new book 'Abortion, a History' - it's perhaps odd to say this about a non-fiction, rigorously researched book on abortion... but it's a page-turner! If you're in Edinburgh today, do go along to the excellent Lighthouse Bookshop for more!

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Thanks @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street for hosting me and @rishie.bsky.social in conversation about my book last night -- so lively, thanks everyone who turned out for it, great questions! bit.ly/4ibijON

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Paid my respects as I was in the area. Very moving to be here. Her life, and her writings, such strong testimony to how reproductive peril shaped women's lives.

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Thanks Heffers and @sbrooksfranklin.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation last night, delighted to see old friends and meet many students and get great questions! bit.ly/4ibijON

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Thanks, Women's Hour, for having me on this morning! and I got to ride in an Art Deco Grade II listed elevator (or as we'd say here, "lift". Didn't know lifts could be listed!

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Who wants some good news? The overwintering monarch population, which had plummeted last winter, has doubled this winter! www.worldwildlife.org/stories/east...

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Delighted to have been on Women's Hour this morning, thanks for having me!

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Look at that handwriting! Scribe Andrew Plowden, around 1600, RCP ms.688. Thanks so much, Royal College of Physicians Library for hosting my talk on Friday about this ms. and my new book, Abortion, A History, available here: bit.ly/4ibijON and at all good bookshops.

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In great company in Harvard bookstore window! Thanks @oliviaweisser.bsky.social for sending!

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New from @hurstpublishers.bsky.social 'Abortion - A History' by @maryfissell.bsky.social From classical Greece to Roe v. Wade, this book reminds the reader that abortion controls and repression never endure. buy @blackwellbooks.bsky.social 📖 book sample www.jellybooks.com/cloud_reader...

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Job Klaxon: come and join us. We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a project on the history of intensive care medicine, directed by @fcondrau.bsky.social in Zurich and me in Manchester. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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New post, A is for Abortion! Anthony Comstock, the Victorian prude who cast a remarkably long shadow.

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Thanks so much @greedyreads.bsky.social for hosting my book event for Pushback last night -- and thanks everyone who turned out! Really enjoyed the conversation!

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Thanks Hurst for all your work with me!

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Research money available for master's and doctoral students! Are you doing nursing history research? Apply for the H-31 Pre-Doctoral Research Grant. The grant will be $2,000. Awardees will also be given 1 year of free AAHN membership. More here: aahn.memberclicks.net/research-gra... #histnursing

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Looking forward to joining #EMROCTranscribes to work on some fantastic c17th recipe books this Friday. If you're London-based and would like to transcribe with the LRS in-person at Birkbeck, do sign up! No experience necessary. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... More info: emroc.hypotheses.org

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PUSHBACK by @maryfissell.bsky.social is officially on sale tomorrow! bookshop.org/p/books/push...

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Six new titles coming out this week have just been added to our 20% off Women's History Month promotion! Place your orders now: theliteratelizard.com/womens-histo... Authors of these books on Bluesky: @alissawilkinson.bsky.social @maryfissell.bsky.social @susanpolgar.bsky.social #Booksky

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DC peeps! A month from now, I'm delighted to be in conversation with @fieryparticle.bsky.social in Capitol Hill at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social. Thanks, East City Bookshop!

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One week from today, I'm honored to be speaking at the Royal College of Physicians as a part of a transcribathon focusing on women's healing! 3pm GMT/11am EDT March 14. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hiding-in-...

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Good morning! It's virtual meeting day! 🎉 The program begins at 9:45 EST with a welcome from @maryfissell.bsky.social followed by the panel, "Reproductive Health and Healthcare Around the Globe," chaired by Ravindra Waykar. If you haven't registered, there's still time! unmc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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This Friday, please join us for the virtual component of our annual meeting! This program is free and open to the public and features four fascinating panel conversations, starting at 8:45 am CST. You can register for the webinar here: unmc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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