shelbyzimme.bsky.social
Social historian of medicine, institutions, poverty, and death | PhD from Trinity College Dublin | Based in London
👤 Joined on 23 septiembre 2023
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@shelbyzimme.bsky.socialApplication to unseal Bessborough mother and baby home burial records to be made
Show PostI'm flying to NYC next weekend to appear on Doctor Mike's podcast and his producer has asked that I bring as many objects as possible. This is my carry on. I... um, well, we'll see what security thinks. These are not real human or animal remains, but even so...!! What could possibly go wrong?!
Show Post🧵The Ripon Workhouse Museum offers a grim look into the harsh realities of the Victorian Poor Law regime with the preserved vagrant cells the most telling of it all. These cells housed “casuals” or “tramps,” homeless people travelling between towns in search of work. They
Show PostTime to see what the team are reading this week! Sally is reading "The History of Medicine in Twelve Objects", which sounds great! Might have to snag this myself... - Michael
Show PostThis “silence breaking” book, long in the making, is entering the world. Preorder here: www.routledge.com/Women-Violen...
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