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Jan 3, 2025

Celebrating the Publication of “Sisters in Science”

“Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History” is out now!

Celebrating the Publication of “Sisters in Science”

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Jul 25, 2025

Abortion as Healthcare Throughout History

A reading list of pieces I’ve written about the history of reproductive autonomy.

Abortion as Healthcare Throughout History

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Jan 27, 2025

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Honoring the Murdered Women Scientists Whose Absence Haunts My Book

For those who survived the Nazis and those who didn’t, what made the difference?

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Honoring the Murdered Women Scientists Whose Absence Haunts My Book

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Mar 15, 2024

Mapping Philadelphia’s Flora

The prowess of plant physiologist Ida Augusta Keller

Mapping Philadelphia’s Flora

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Nov 6, 2023

A Phenomenal Physiologist

The wild and wonderful life of Ida Henrietta Hyde

A Phenomenal Physiologist

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Mar 13, 2023

She’s a Witch!

When suspicion falls on midwife Margaret Jones, she becomes the first victim of the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s witch trials.

She’s a Witch!

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Mar 9, 2023

A Splendid Physician

Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson brings quality healthcare to Tuskegee, Alabama

A Splendid Physician

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Aug 26, 2021

Searching for Signs of Myself at the End of the World

Could pandemic fiction ever have prepared me — a clinically depressed person — for the COVID-19 crisis?

Searching for Signs of Myself at the End of the World

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May 28, 2021

An Astrologer of Sexual Wellness

Sarah Jinner and the wild world of 17th century advice

An Astrologer of Sexual Wellness

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Feb 20, 2021

The Lady is a Naval Engineer

Henrietta Vansittart changes the course of ship propulsion

The Lady is a Naval Engineer

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Olivia Campbell

New York Times bestselling author: WOMEN IN WHITE COATS & SISTERS IN SCIENCE. Bylines: National Geographic, The Atlantic, Scientific American, History, The Cut

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