Gretchen Marie Krueger
Biographic Data
| ID | 7531715 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gretchen Marie Krueger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gretchen Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Krueger |
| SIGNATURE | KRUEGER G M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
"For Jimmy and the Boys and Girls of America"
This paper examines a collection of images of children printed in cancer education and fund-raising materials distributed by voluntary health organizations, released by public relations departments of specialized cancer hospitals, and featured in popular magazines and newspapers beginning in the late 1940s. Children represented only a small fraction of all persons with cancer, yet they became a key component of the media campaign for the disease.…
Death Be Not Proud
On 30 June 1947, after a fifteen-month illness, seventeen-year-old Johnny Gunther died from a rare brain tumor. In Death Be Not Proud, Johnny's father, noted journalist John Gunther, meticulously recorded the exhaustive hunt for therapeutic options he and his ex-wife pursued during their son's illness. In "A Word from Frances," a short section written by Johnny's mother, she reflected upon her relationship with her son and his untimely death. The…
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Death Be Not Proud
On 30 June 1947, after a fifteen-month illness, seventeen-year-old Johnny Gunther died from a rare brain tumor. In Death Be Not Proud, Johnny's father, noted journalist John Gunther, meticulously recorded the exhaustive hunt for therapeutic options he and his ex-wife pursued during their son's illness. In "A Word from Frances," a short section written by Johnny's mother, she reflected upon her relationship with her son and his untimely death. The…
"For Jimmy and the Boys and Girls of America"
This paper examines a collection of images of children printed in cancer education and fund-raising materials distributed by voluntary health organizations, released by public relations departments of specialized cancer hospitals, and featured in popular magazines and newspapers beginning in the late 1940s. Children represented only a small fraction of all persons with cancer, yet they became a key component of the media campaign for the disease.…
Art history (1 work) · Cancer (1 work) · Child and Adolescent Health (1 work) · Childhood cancer (1 work) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 work) · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · History (1 work) · Medicine (1 work)