Alexandra M Lord
Biographic Data
| ID | 5876388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra M Lord |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lord |
| SIGNATURE | LORD A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Museum of American History |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Finding Connections
Review Article| May 01 2018 Finding Connections Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord is the chair of the Medicine and Science Division at the National Museum of American History. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was the branch chief for the National Historic Landmarks Program of the National Park Service, and before that she was a historian for the US Public Health Service. Before becoming a public historian, she was a tenur…
Courtney Q. Shah. Sex Ed, Segregated
During the early twentieth century, Progressive reformers initiated and instigated a sexual revolution. Rejecting what they viewed as a Victorian “conspiracy of silence” around sex, reproduction, and sexually transmitted diseases, reformers called for a new approach to sex education. At the heart of this movement was the belief that children should receive sex education from “parents and trained teachers rather than playmates and unreliable perso…
Naturally Clean and Wholesome
In 1918, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) launched a sex education campaign intended to educate Americans, young and old, male and female, on the perils of venereal disease (VD). As ‘the guardians of the community's health’, women were central to this effort and the PHS aggressively called upon these newly-enfranchised citizens to provide comprehensive sex education in their homes, schools, churches, and community settings. But even …
Models of Masculinity
In 1918, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) told American parents that "it is no longer possible for you to choose whether your child will learn about sex or not." According to the PHS, most American boys learned about sex from "improper sources" by the age of nine. The "unfortunate effect of these early impressions" had, PHS warned, not only resulted in a gross misunderstanding of sex, but also been a major factor in the spread of venereal dis…
"The Great Arcana of the Deity"
"The Great Arcana of the Deity" Menstruation and Menstrual Disorders in Eighteenth-Century British Medical Thought Alexandra Lord* (bio) In late May 1762, concern for the health of his adolescent daughter prompted James Hamilton to write to Dr. Robert Whytt. Noting that "my daughter, Jeannie, your patient menstruated [for] . . . five days as Usual and [my wife] . . . thinks she had a sufficient Quantity," Hamilton begged Whytt to recommend a regi…
Finding Connections
Review Article| May 01 2018 Finding Connections Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord is the chair of the Medicine and Science Division at the National Museum of American History. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was the branch chief for the National Historic Landmarks Program of the National Park Service, and before that she was a historian for the US Public Health Service. Before becoming a public historian, she was a tenur…
Naturally Clean and Wholesome
In 1918, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) launched a sex education campaign intended to educate Americans, young and old, male and female, on the perils of venereal disease (VD). As ‘the guardians of the community's health’, women were central to this effort and the PHS aggressively called upon these newly-enfranchised citizens to provide comprehensive sex education in their homes, schools, churches, and community settings. But even …
Models of Masculinity
In 1918, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) told American parents that "it is no longer possible for you to choose whether your child will learn about sex or not." According to the PHS, most American boys learned about sex from "improper sources" by the age of nine. The "unfortunate effect of these early impressions" had, PHS warned, not only resulted in a gross misunderstanding of sex, but also been a major factor in the spread of venereal dis…
"The Great Arcana of the Deity"
"The Great Arcana of the Deity" Menstruation and Menstrual Disorders in Eighteenth-Century British Medical Thought Alexandra Lord* (bio) In late May 1762, concern for the health of his adolescent daughter prompted James Hamilton to write to Dr. Robert Whytt. Noting that "my daughter, Jeannie, your patient menstruated [for] . . . five days as Usual and [my wife] . . . thinks she had a sufficient Quantity," Hamilton begged Whytt to recommend a regi…
Models of Masculinity
In 1918, the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) told American parents that "it is no longer possible for you to choose whether your child will learn about sex or not." According to the PHS, most American boys learned about sex from "improper sources" by the age of nine. The "unfortunate effect of these early impressions" had, PHS warned, not only resulted in a gross misunderstanding of sex, but also been a major factor in the spread of venereal dis…
Naturally Clean and Wholesome
In 1918, the United States Public Health Service (PHS) launched a sex education campaign intended to educate Americans, young and old, male and female, on the perils of venereal disease (VD). As ‘the guardians of the community's health’, women were central to this effort and the PHS aggressively called upon these newly-enfranchised citizens to provide comprehensive sex education in their homes, schools, churches, and community settings. But even …
Courtney Q. Shah. Sex Ed, Segregated
During the early twentieth century, Progressive reformers initiated and instigated a sexual revolution. Rejecting what they viewed as a Victorian “conspiracy of silence” around sex, reproduction, and sexually transmitted diseases, reformers called for a new approach to sex education. At the heart of this movement was the belief that children should receive sex education from “parents and trained teachers rather than playmates and unreliable perso…
Finding Connections
Review Article| May 01 2018 Finding Connections Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord Alexandra M. Lord is the chair of the Medicine and Science Division at the National Museum of American History. Prior to joining the Smithsonian, she was the branch chief for the National Historic Landmarks Program of the National Park Service, and before that she was a historian for the US Public Health Service. Before becoming a public historian, she was a tenur…
Sociology (5 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies (3 works) · Human sexuality (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Sex education (3 works) · Government (linguistics (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works)