Sarah Coffman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5529130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Coffman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Coffman |
| SIGNATURE | COFFMAN S |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8785-230X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Infanticide, Infant Mortality, and the Racialized Construction of Fordist Motherhood
This article traces how growing concerns with infant mortality shaped the interpretation and policing of infanticide in turn-of-the-century Chicago. At the heart of the article are 1,270 suspicious infant death investigations from the Cook County Coroner between 1872 and 1911. We analyze two major shifts in the inquest language: the rise of increasingly professionalized medical language and changes in the inquest language of “neglect.” In the 187…
Infanticide and Abandonment in the Industrial Metropolis
This article uses an unprecedentedly extensive data set of 1,270 suspicious infant death investigations from Cook County to measure the incidence of infanticide. We contextualize this data with quantitative evidence on abandonment in Chicago, newspaper coverage, and judicial cases. We argue that over the long run, a changing occupational structure, with wage‐earning women leaving domestic service and entering clerical work, was crucial in decreas…
Infanticide and Abandonment in the Industrial Metropolis
This article uses an unprecedentedly extensive data set of 1,270 suspicious infant death investigations from Cook County to measure the incidence of infanticide. We contextualize this data with quantitative evidence on abandonment in Chicago, newspaper coverage, and judicial cases. We argue that over the long run, a changing occupational structure, with wage‐earning women leaving domestic service and entering clerical work, was crucial in decreas…
Infanticide and Abandonment in the Industrial Metropolis
This article uses an unprecedentedly extensive data set of 1,270 suspicious infant death investigations from Cook County to measure the incidence of infanticide. We contextualize this data with quantitative evidence on abandonment in Chicago, newspaper coverage, and judicial cases. We argue that over the long run, a changing occupational structure, with wage‐earning women leaving domestic service and entering clerical work, was crucial in decreas…
Infanticide, Infant Mortality, and the Racialized Construction of Fordist Motherhood
This article traces how growing concerns with infant mortality shaped the interpretation and policing of infanticide in turn-of-the-century Chicago. At the heart of the article are 1,270 suspicious infant death investigations from the Cook County Coroner between 1872 and 1911. We analyze two major shifts in the inquest language: the rise of increasingly professionalized medical language and changes in the inquest language of “neglect.” In the 187…
Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (2 works) · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse (2 works) · Abandonment (legal (1 work) · American History and Culture (1 work) · Blame (1 work) · Bourgeoisie (1 work) · Capitalism (1 work) · Coroner (1 work) · Elite (1 work) · Ignorance (1 work)