Childbirth and Childcare in Nigeria and the US

Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 5
Coordinating Council for Women in History 5
Thursday, January 8, 2026: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Kimball Room (Palmer House Hilton, Third Floor)
Chair:
Barbara Molony, Santa Clara University
Papers:
Debates Across the Decades: Universal Childcare During World War II, the Cold War, and Beyond in the United States
Alicia Venchuk, Purdue University
Love, Joy, Healing, and Collective Care in Selected Orphanages in Abia State, Nigeria
Chinyere Egbuta, Abia State Polytechnic
Gendered Medicine: Colonial Maternal Welfare Policies and the Medicalization of Childbirth in Western Nigeria
Damilola Fagite, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and Obafemi Awolowo University
Comment:
Barbara Molony, Santa Clara University
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