Ladd-Taylor, Molly -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Molly
Last Name: 
Ladd-Taylor
Department / Program: 
History
University Affiliation: 
York University
Phone: 
4167362100
Extension: 
30419
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Medicine
Geographical Region: 
United States of America
Time Period: 
20th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Eugenics and US maternal and child welfare policy; U.S. social & political history; women’s history; health & welfare
Academics
PHD Program: 
American Studies
PHD University: 
Yale University
PHD Date: 
1986
Major Publications: 
“The ‘Sociological Advantages’ of Sterilization: Fiscal Politics and Feebleminded Women in Interwar Minnesota,” in Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Anthology, eds. S. Noll and J. Trent (New York University Press, 2004), 281-299. Women, Health and Nation: Canada and the United States Since 1945 Co-edited with Georgina Feldberg, Alison Li & Kathryn McPherson (Mc-Gill-Queen's University Press, 2003), "Comparative Perspectives on Canadian and American Women's Health Care Since 1945," co-authored with Feldberg, Li & Mcpherson, and "'A Kind of Genetic Social Work: Sheldon Reed and the Origins of Genetic Counseling," pp. 67-83. "Coping with a 'Public Menace': Eugenic Sterilization in Minnesota," Minnesota History 59 (Summer 2005): 237-248.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
American Association for the History of Medicine
Courses Taught: 
"Growing Up in North America" History 1080 "Race, Gender and American Politics" History 5230, US history survey, History 4069: Poverty and Welfare in United States History