Judith W. Leavitt
Position title: Emeritus Professor
Email: jwleavit@wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Biography
Interests: History of medicine and public health in America; women and medicine.
Affiliations: History of Medicine, Gender and Women’s Studies
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago, History, 1975
M.A., University of Chicago, History, 1966
B.A., Antioch College, Social Science, 1963
Books
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Judith W. Leavitt. Make Room for Daddy: The Journey from Waiting Room to Birthing Room. University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
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Judith W. Leavitt. Women and Health in America. no. 2nd Edition, University of Wisconsin Press, 1999.
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Judith W. Leavitt (Co-editor). Sickness and Health in America: Readings in the History of Medicine and Public Health. Vol. Third Edition, Revised, University of Wisconsin Press, 1997.
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Judith W. Leavitt. The Healthiest City: Milwaukee and the Politics of Health Reform. Vol. Wisconsin Edition, University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.
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Judith W. Leavitt. Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public’s Health. Beacon Press, 1996.
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Judith W. Leavitt. Brought to Bed: Childbearing in America, 1750-1950. Oxford University Press, 1986.
Courses Taught
- MHB 504: Society and Health Care in America
- MHB 509: Development of Public Health in America (Syllabus)
- MHB 720: Historical Perspectives in Medicine
- MHB 531: Women and Health in American History
- MHB 725: Topics in American Medicine
- MHB 919: Graduate Studies in Medical History
- MHB 920: Research Seminar in Medical History and Public Health
- Women’s Studies 430: Biology and Psychology of Women
- Women’s Studies 431: Childbirth in the United States (Syllabus)