Money, Marriage, & Madness -The Life of Anna Ott
Author Kim Nielsen and discussion partner Mari Magler, Director of McBurney Disability Resource Center
Event Details
Date
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Time
4-4:30 p.m.
Location
Description
FLASH LIVESTREAM EVENT: ONLY 30 MINUTES!
Kim Nielsen, professor of disability studies & history at University of Toledo, will examine the question of determining human competency and its role in U.S. History. Using the life of Anna Ott - Madison's first female physician who was involuntarily committed to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane - Nielsen will consider how sexism, racism, and ableism has and continues to affect our ideas about who is allowed to contribute to society.
Kim Nielsen, professor of disability studies & history at University of Toledo, will examine the question of determining human competency and its role in U.S. History. Using the life of Anna Ott - Madison's first female physician who was involuntarily committed to the Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane - Nielsen will consider how sexism, racism, and ableism has and continues to affect our ideas about who is allowed to contribute to society.
Cost
Free
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