From the Kislak Stacks
Join us for these monthly lunchtime presentations (noon – 1 pm) by Kislak curators, faculty, and students focusing on specific works or small archives/collections found among the holdings of the Kislak Center.
- Lecture
Through Nursing’s Lens: Exploring the World War II photography of Mary C. Brennan
Jessica Martucci, Curator at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing
Hosted by: Kislak Center
In this talk, Jessica Martucci will discuss the collections of Mary C. Brennan (1930-1992), a nurse who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps throughout World War II. Brennan was an avid traveler, amateur photographer, and collector of photographs. Because of this interest, her papers provide a rich photographic record of her life and work as a military nurse stationed in Hawaii and Guam between 1941-1946. This lecture will draw on Brennan’s experiences to discuss the impact of military nursing opportunities on women’s lives and careers. Join Jssica Martucci, Curator at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing and learning more about this fascinating nurse.
About the speaker
Jessica Martucci is the Curator at the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing. She earned her PhD in the History & Sociology of Science at Penn and completed postdoctoral training in bioethics at the Perelman School of Medicine and in oral history and public history at the Science History Institute. She is the author of a book (Back to the Breast: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America) and numerous articles and book chapters that examine the histories of gender, family, sexuality, and disability in American science and healthcare.
Event Series
Featured image: Nurse at the 36th Field Hospital, World War Two (Papers of Mary C. Brennan, The Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing).