Sarah Milov
Biographic Data
| ID | 2021958 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Milov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Milov |
| SIGNATURE | MILOV S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Virginia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Damned Women: Fetal Protection as Employer Offensive at American Cyanamid
Using legal materials generated by a class-action lawsuit, this essay examines the “fetus protection policy” implemented at American Cyanamid’s Willow Island plant in West Virginia in 1978. The policy required women between the ages of sixteen and fifty to undergo sterilizations in order to keep their jobs. Five women ultimately underwent tubal ligations. This essay argues that Cyanamid’s policy ought to be understood as an element of the “employ…
Smoke Ring: From American Tobacco to Japanese Data
This article explores the political, legal, and social history of the 1981 “Japanese Smokers’ Wives Study.” This large-scale cohort study, led by Takeshi Hirayama, chief epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute in Tokyo, found that the nonsmoking wives of smokers were themselves at greater risk for developing lung cancer. The study was successfully used by American anti-tobacco activists to regulate indoor smoking during the 1980s. Taking …
Smoking as Statecraft: Promoting American Tobacco Production and Global Cigarette Consumption, 1947–1970
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Promoting Agriculture: Farmers, the State, and Checkoff Marketing, 1935–2005
This article provides a historical overview of the development of U.S. government-mandated commodity promotion. This form of promotion, known colloquially as the “checkoff,” is responsible for such memorable slogans as “Beef: It's What's for Dinner,” as well as research intended to boost consumption of agricultural products. The article argues that checkoffs represent an associational form of governance in which private organizations achieve publ…
Promoting Agriculture: Farmers, the State, and Checkoff Marketing, 1935–2005
This article provides a historical overview of the development of U.S. government-mandated commodity promotion. This form of promotion, known colloquially as the “checkoff,” is responsible for such memorable slogans as “Beef: It's What's for Dinner,” as well as research intended to boost consumption of agricultural products. The article argues that checkoffs represent an associational form of governance in which private organizations achieve publ…
Smoking as Statecraft: Promoting American Tobacco Production and Global Cigarette Consumption, 1947–1970
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Promoting Agriculture: Farmers, the State, and Checkoff Marketing, 1935–2005
This article provides a historical overview of the development of U.S. government-mandated commodity promotion. This form of promotion, known colloquially as the “checkoff,” is responsible for such memorable slogans as “Beef: It's What's for Dinner,” as well as research intended to boost consumption of agricultural products. The article argues that checkoffs represent an associational form of governance in which private organizations achieve publ…
Smoke Ring: From American Tobacco to Japanese Data
This article explores the political, legal, and social history of the 1981 “Japanese Smokers’ Wives Study.” This large-scale cohort study, led by Takeshi Hirayama, chief epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute in Tokyo, found that the nonsmoking wives of smokers were themselves at greater risk for developing lung cancer. The study was successfully used by American anti-tobacco activists to regulate indoor smoking during the 1980s. Taking …
Damned Women: Fetal Protection as Employer Offensive at American Cyanamid
Using legal materials generated by a class-action lawsuit, this essay examines the “fetus protection policy” implemented at American Cyanamid’s Willow Island plant in West Virginia in 1978. The policy required women between the ages of sixteen and fifty to undergo sterilizations in order to keep their jobs. Five women ultimately underwent tubal ligations. This essay argues that Cyanamid’s policy ought to be understood as an element of the “employ…
Political science (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · American History and Culture (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Consumption (sociology (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Politics (2 works)