Article ID: CBB208096485

Tonics, Whiskey Bottles, and Syringes: Clues to Care in a Midwife’s Washington, D.C., Household (2022)

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The Taliaferros were an African American family who lived in the post-emancipation neighborhood of Barry Farm/Hillsdale in southeast Washington, D.C. Their surviving daughter, Olivia, had a career as a nurse and midwife, but little else is currently known about her life. This article combines documentary sources, a salvage collection, and an archaeological collection to think about Olivia’s career, her labor, and her social connections. I draw on household archaeology and Black-feminist thought to examine the possibilities of Olivia Taliaferro’s lived experience, arguing that the material from her household has the potential to secure recognition of Black women’s omnipresent contributions to the world.

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Article Jennifer A. Lupu; Madeline Ryan (2022) Introduction: Health and Medicine in Historical Social Contexts. Historical Archaeology (pp. 642-647). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Spriggs, Matthew
Browman, David L.
Dissard, Laurent
Fennelly, Katherine
Hyde, Charles K.
Lucas, Gavin
Journals
Historical Archaeology
IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Bulletin of the History of Archaeology
Historical Records of Australian Science
International Journal of Historical Archaeology
Antiquity
Publishers
University Press of Florida
Manchester University Press
Occasional Publications of the Natal Society Foundation
Concepts
Historical archaeology
Excavations (archaeology)
Archaeology
African Americans
Industrial archaeology
Households
People
Hudson, Kenneth
Mulvaney, John
Nickerson, William Baker
Putnam, Frederick Ward
Starr, Frederick
Tindale, Norman
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
17th century
21st century
Ancient
Progressive Era (1890s-1920s)
Places
Australia
Great Britain
United States
Iceland
Rome (Italy)
New York (U.S.)
Institutions
Society for Industrial Archeology
West Point Foundry
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