Birthing life and death: women’s reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro
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2018
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| contents | Birthing life and death: women’s reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro Cassia Roth Historia Childbirth stillbirth Rio de Janeiro maternal mortality reproductive health 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 investigations, this article argues that despite official efforts to medicalize childbirth and increase access to clinical healthcare, no real improvements were made to women’s reproductive health in the first half of the twentieth century. This, of course, did not make pregnancy and childbirth any easier for the women who embodied these statistics in their reproductive lives. 2018 artículo científico 0104-5970 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386157995003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/386157995003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/movil 10.1590/S0104-59702018000500003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3861 História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos application/pdf Fundação Oswaldo Cruz História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.25 |
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| spellingShingle | Birthing life and death: women’s reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro Cassia Roth Historia Childbirth stillbirth Rio de Janeiro maternal mortality reproductive health Birthing life and death: women’s reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro Cassia Roth Historia Childbirth stillbirth Rio de Janeiro maternal mortality reproductive health 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 investigations, this article argues that despite official efforts to medicalize childbirth and increase access to clinical healthcare, no real improvements were made to women’s reproductive health in the first half of the twentieth century. This, of course, did not make pregnancy and childbirth any easier for the women who embodied these statistics in their reproductive lives. 2018 artículo científico 0104-5970 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386157995003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/386157995003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/movil 10.1590/S0104-59702018000500003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3861 História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos application/pdf Fundação Oswaldo Cruz História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.25 |
| title | Birthing life and death: women’s reproductive health in early twentieth-century Rio de Janeiro |
| topic | Historia Childbirth stillbirth Rio de Janeiro maternal mortality reproductive health |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386157995003 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/386157995003.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3861/386157995003/movil |