York University
Molly Ladd-Taylor


Degrees:

Ph.D. (American Studies) Yale University
B.A. (History) Oberlin College

Current Position: Associate Professor, History
Undergraduate Program Director, History
 
Selected 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-ed. with G. Feldberg, A. Li, K. McPherson (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2003).

“Eugenics, Sterilization and Modern Marriage: the Strange Career of Paul Popenoe,” Gender & History 13 (August 2001): 298-327.

'Bad' Mothers: The Politics of Blame in 20th-Century America, co-ed. with L. Umansky
(New York University Press, 1998)

Mother-Work: Women, Child Welfare and the State 1890-1930 (University of Illinois Press, 1994)


Papers / Lectures:

    
 

Courses taught recently: History 1080: Growing Up in North America
History 4069: Poverty and Welfare in United States History
History 5230: Race, Gender and American Politics

 
Research Interests: U.S. social & political history; women’s history; health & welfare; eugenics
 
Awards/Grants:    

Burroughs Wellcome 40th Anniversary Award in the History of Medicine or Science [with G. Feldberg, K. McPherson, A. Li of York University], 1996-2001