Janet Golden, PhD

A packed seminar room greeted Dr. Janet Golden's informal presentation on a "Cultural History of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome". Over 20 participating scholars heard Dr. Golden's fascinating observations on the changing public perceptions of pregnant women and alcohol as she rendered a history of fetal alcohol syndome from its rediscovery in 1973 through the end of the twentieth century.
Dr. Golden teaches women’s history, history of medicine and American history and is director of the Graduate Program in history. Her most recent book, coedited with Rima Apple is Mothers and Motherhood: Readings in American History. Her book, A Social History of Wet Nursing: From Breast to Bottle will be coming out in a paper- back edition in Spring 2001. She is currently writing a cultural history of fetal alcohol syndrome and has received support for this work from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Institutes of Health. She co-edits a book series, Women and Health, for Ohio State University Press. email: jgolden@camden.rutgers.edu