Dr. Kravetz on Female Doctors in Weimar Germany

Dr. Melissa Kravetz, assistant professor of Modern German history, has had an article published in the Spring 2017 Journal of Women’s History.  Her article, “Finding A Space In Schools: Female Doctors and the Reform of Girls’ Physical Education in Weimar Germany,” examined how women physicians in German vocational schools played a key role in educating working-class women about their health, all while dealing with class biases, the resistance of male doctors, and expectations about motherhood.  For a fascinating look at “biopolitics” between the world wars, read the article via Project Muse.