Cassia Roth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3582363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cassia Roth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cassia |
| FAMILY NAME | Roth |
| SIGNATURE | ROTH C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8084-3355 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking Borders and Birth: Free Womb and Free Soil in Portugal and Brazil
With New Editors, AJPH History Section Forges Forward
AJPH Project Examines the Journal ’s Past Representation of Historically Marginalized Populations
Infant birth weight in Brazil: A cross-sectional historical approach
In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery. Historians have outlined the racialized health disparities of people of African descent in the post-abolition period. Epidemiologists have shown that twenty-first-century health disparities continue to mirror patterns from over a century ago. This cross-sectional analysis quantifies health disparities in a post-abolition maternity hospital using infant birth weight. It re…
Geminiana e seus filhos: Escravidão, maternidade e morte no Brasil do século XIX
Latin American Nations Once Lagged on Abortion Rights: Now Some Present Role Models for the United States
Teresa Benguela e Felipa Crioula estavam grávidas: Maternidade e escravidão no Rio de Janeiro (1830-1888)
In 1888, shortly after the final abolition of slavery in Brazil, a newspaper in the city of Rio de Janeiro published an advertisement in which an unnamed person was looking for “Joana, daughter of the sertão do Piauí,” who was formerly enslaved to D. Aninha (quoted in p. 335). The person behind the advertisement? Joana's own daughter. It's with this powerful example that Lorena Féres da Silva Telles finishes her excellent book on the reproductive…
Abortion access in the Americas: A hemispheric and historical approach
This perspective article situates the 2022 United States (U.S.) Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade (1973) within the broader history of abortion rights activism and legislation in the greater Americas. The U.S. public has stereotyped Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as socially conservative regarding gender issues and anti-reproductive rights. But twenty-first-century LAC presents a more complicated landscape than this dominant narra…
Maria Simoa, Who Birthed Twenty-Four Children: Slavery, Motherhood, and Freedom on the Benedictine Estates, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1866-1871
This article explores gradual manumission policies on the Order of Saint Benedict's slaveholdings in the Northeastern province of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 1866 and 1871. Relying on private religious records from the Monastery of Saint Benedict of Olinda (in Pernambuco) and parliamentary debates, we contend that the Benedictine order was the first corporate enslaver to implement institutionalized strategies of gradual manumission in Brazil. To …
Religious Conflict in Brazil: Protestants, Catholics, and the Rise of Religious Pluralism in Brazil in the Early Twentieth Century
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is known for the catchphrase “Brasil acima de tudo, Deus acima de todos” (Brazil above everything, God above everyone). Although born and baptized a Catholic, Bolsonaro was rebaptized in 2016 by a Pentecostal pastor. Taken together, his political slogan, which marries nationalism to a generalized Christian worldview, and his multiple religiosities (perhaps tied to political ambitions) connect the interp…
From Embryotomy to Cesarean: Changes in Obstetric Operatory Techniques in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Urban Brazil
This article traces the historical processes by which Brazil became a world leader in cesarean sections. It demonstrates that physicians changed their position toward and use of different obstetric surgeries, in particular embryotomies and cesarean sections, over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The authors demonstrate that Catholic obstetricians, building upon both advancements in cesarean section techniques and new civil le…
Rocio Gomez, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946
Contaminated water. Dust-lined lungs. Drought-caused typhus epidemics. The modern environmental and public health history of Zacatecas, Mexico is replete with disastrous consequences. In Rocio Gomez’s compelling new book, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946, readers follow this history from the deep mines below the city to the drought-ridden ranches on its rural outskirts; from the overtaxed aquifer…
In the family way: Incest, fertility control, and the power of the patriarchal family in Brazil
This article argues that the legal prosecution of fertility control, defined here as abortion and infanticide, reshaped both governmental and individual patriarchal structures in turn-of-the-century Brazil. The article uses its then-capital region of Rio de Janeiro as a case study to explore the patriarchal parameters of the state during important political transitions in Brazilian history. Analyzing cases of incest that resulted in abortion or i…
From free womb to criminalized woman: Fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom
Hochman, Gilberto, et al., editors. História da saúde no Brasil. São Paulo: Hucitec Editora, 2018. 485 pp. Index
Feminism, Frogs and Fascism: The Transnational Activism of Brazil's Bertha Lutz
Black Nurse, White Milk: Breastfeeding, Slavery, and Abolition in 19th-Century Brazil
Brazil imported more enslaved Africans than any other slave-owning society in the Americas, and it was the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish the institution. Whereas many enslaved persons toiled on plantations and in mines, urban slavery was also prominent, with enslaved men carrying coffee through the streets and enslaved women washing clothes. One gendered aspect of urban slavery in 19th-century Brazil included slave owners rent…
Birthing life and death: Women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro
This article explores women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, showing that elevated and sustained stillbirth and maternal mortality rates marked women's reproductive years. Syphilis and obstetric complications during childbirth were the main causes of stillbirths, while puerperal fever led maternal death rates. Utilizing traditional sources such as medical dissertations and lesser-used sources including criminal inv…
From free womb to criminalized woman: Fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom
This article explores how the abolition of slavery affected the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in Rio de Janeiro. Analysing judicial documents, criminal and civil legislation, and travel writings, it demonstrates that the state did not prosecute enslaved women for fertility control due to the contradictory legal status of their bodies as both property and person. After abolition, the state prosecuted all women, but particularly poor wome…
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945
In 1937, Maria do Carmo da Conceição gave birth to her son José Augusto at a public maternity clinic in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. After the birth, Maria took advantage of the city's free welfare program for new mothers. She breastfed her son and received a modest stipend and lodging. José was baptized, and Maria then registered him at the city's newly reorganized Foundling Home. Because she opted for open enrollment, Maria was able to return thr…
From free womb to criminalized woman: Fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom
This article explores how the abolition of slavery affected the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in Rio de Janeiro. Analysing judicial documents, criminal and civil legislation, and travel writings, it demonstrates that the state did not prosecute enslaved women for fertility control due to the contradictory legal status of their bodies as both property and person. After abolition, the state prosecuted all women, but particularly poor wome…
Black Nurse, White Milk: Breastfeeding, Slavery, and Abolition in 19th-Century Brazil
Brazil imported more enslaved Africans than any other slave-owning society in the Americas, and it was the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish the institution. Whereas many enslaved persons toiled on plantations and in mines, urban slavery was also prominent, with enslaved men carrying coffee through the streets and enslaved women washing clothes. One gendered aspect of urban slavery in 19th-century Brazil included slave owners rent…
Feminism, Frogs and Fascism: The Transnational Activism of Brazil's Bertha Lutz
Infant birth weight in Brazil: A cross-sectional historical approach
In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery. Historians have outlined the racialized health disparities of people of African descent in the post-abolition period. Epidemiologists have shown that twenty-first-century health disparities continue to mirror patterns from over a century ago. This cross-sectional analysis quantifies health disparities in a post-abolition maternity hospital using infant birth weight. It re…
Maria Simoa, Who Birthed Twenty-Four Children: Slavery, Motherhood, and Freedom on the Benedictine Estates, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1866-1871
This article explores gradual manumission policies on the Order of Saint Benedict's slaveholdings in the Northeastern province of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 1866 and 1871. Relying on private religious records from the Monastery of Saint Benedict of Olinda (in Pernambuco) and parliamentary debates, we contend that the Benedictine order was the first corporate enslaver to implement institutionalized strategies of gradual manumission in Brazil. To …
Birthing life and death: Women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro
This article explores women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, showing that elevated and sustained stillbirth and maternal mortality rates marked women's reproductive years. Syphilis and obstetric complications during childbirth were the main causes of stillbirths, while puerperal fever led maternal death rates. Utilizing traditional sources such as medical dissertations and lesser-used sources including criminal inv…
From free womb to criminalized woman: Fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom
This article explores how the abolition of slavery affected the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in Rio de Janeiro. Analysing judicial documents, criminal and civil legislation, and travel writings, it demonstrates that the state did not prosecute enslaved women for fertility control due to the contradictory legal status of their bodies as both property and person. After abolition, the state prosecuted all women, but particularly poor wome…
Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945
In 1937, Maria do Carmo da Conceição gave birth to her son José Augusto at a public maternity clinic in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. After the birth, Maria took advantage of the city's free welfare program for new mothers. She breastfed her son and received a modest stipend and lodging. José was baptized, and Maria then registered him at the city's newly reorganized Foundling Home. Because she opted for open enrollment, Maria was able to return thr…
Black Nurse, White Milk: Breastfeeding, Slavery, and Abolition in 19th-Century Brazil
Brazil imported more enslaved Africans than any other slave-owning society in the Americas, and it was the last country in the western hemisphere to abolish the institution. Whereas many enslaved persons toiled on plantations and in mines, urban slavery was also prominent, with enslaved men carrying coffee through the streets and enslaved women washing clothes. One gendered aspect of urban slavery in 19th-century Brazil included slave owners rent…
Birthing life and death: Women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro
This article explores women's reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro, showing that elevated and sustained stillbirth and maternal mortality rates marked women's reproductive years. Syphilis and obstetric complications during childbirth were the main causes of stillbirths, while puerperal fever led maternal death rates. Utilizing traditional sources such as medical dissertations and lesser-used sources including criminal inv…
From free womb to criminalized woman: Fertility control in Brazilian slavery and freedom
Hochman, Gilberto, et al., editors. História da saúde no Brasil. São Paulo: Hucitec Editora, 2018. 485 pp. Index
Feminism, Frogs and Fascism: The Transnational Activism of Brazil's Bertha Lutz
From Embryotomy to Cesarean: Changes in Obstetric Operatory Techniques in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Urban Brazil
This article traces the historical processes by which Brazil became a world leader in cesarean sections. It demonstrates that physicians changed their position toward and use of different obstetric surgeries, in particular embryotomies and cesarean sections, over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The authors demonstrate that Catholic obstetricians, building upon both advancements in cesarean section techniques and new civil le…
Rocio Gomez, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835-1946
Contaminated water. Dust-lined lungs. Drought-caused typhus epidemics. The modern environmental and public health history of Zacatecas, Mexico is replete with disastrous consequences. In Rocio Gomez’s compelling new book, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946, readers follow this history from the deep mines below the city to the drought-ridden ranches on its rural outskirts; from the overtaxed aquifer…
In the family way: Incest, fertility control, and the power of the patriarchal family in Brazil
This article argues that the legal prosecution of fertility control, defined here as abortion and infanticide, reshaped both governmental and individual patriarchal structures in turn-of-the-century Brazil. The article uses its then-capital region of Rio de Janeiro as a case study to explore the patriarchal parameters of the state during important political transitions in Brazilian history. Analyzing cases of incest that resulted in abortion or i…
Religious Conflict in Brazil: Protestants, Catholics, and the Rise of Religious Pluralism in Brazil in the Early Twentieth Century
Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro is known for the catchphrase “Brasil acima de tudo, Deus acima de todos” (Brazil above everything, God above everyone). Although born and baptized a Catholic, Bolsonaro was rebaptized in 2016 by a Pentecostal pastor. Taken together, his political slogan, which marries nationalism to a generalized Christian worldview, and his multiple religiosities (perhaps tied to political ambitions) connect the interp…
Abortion access in the Americas: A hemispheric and historical approach
This perspective article situates the 2022 United States (U.S.) Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade (1973) within the broader history of abortion rights activism and legislation in the greater Americas. The U.S. public has stereotyped Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as socially conservative regarding gender issues and anti-reproductive rights. But twenty-first-century LAC presents a more complicated landscape than this dominant narra…
Maria Simoa, Who Birthed Twenty-Four Children: Slavery, Motherhood, and Freedom on the Benedictine Estates, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1866-1871
This article explores gradual manumission policies on the Order of Saint Benedict's slaveholdings in the Northeastern province of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 1866 and 1871. Relying on private religious records from the Monastery of Saint Benedict of Olinda (in Pernambuco) and parliamentary debates, we contend that the Benedictine order was the first corporate enslaver to implement institutionalized strategies of gradual manumission in Brazil. To …
Latin American Nations Once Lagged on Abortion Rights: Now Some Present Role Models for the United States
Teresa Benguela e Felipa Crioula estavam grávidas: Maternidade e escravidão no Rio de Janeiro (1830-1888)
In 1888, shortly after the final abolition of slavery in Brazil, a newspaper in the city of Rio de Janeiro published an advertisement in which an unnamed person was looking for “Joana, daughter of the sertão do Piauí,” who was formerly enslaved to D. Aninha (quoted in p. 335). The person behind the advertisement? Joana's own daughter. It's with this powerful example that Lorena Féres da Silva Telles finishes her excellent book on the reproductive…
With New Editors, AJPH History Section Forges Forward
AJPH Project Examines the Journal ’s Past Representation of Historically Marginalized Populations
Infant birth weight in Brazil: A cross-sectional historical approach
In 1888, Brazil became the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery. Historians have outlined the racialized health disparities of people of African descent in the post-abolition period. Epidemiologists have shown that twenty-first-century health disparities continue to mirror patterns from over a century ago. This cross-sectional analysis quantifies health disparities in a post-abolition maternity hospital using infant birth weight. It re…
Geminiana e seus filhos: Escravidão, maternidade e morte no Brasil do século XIX
Rethinking Borders and Birth: Free Womb and Free Soil in Portugal and Brazil
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · History of Medicine and Tropical Health (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · History (4 works)